urgent- manual driving lessons

[whaap]

Originally Posted by Dispect

Thanks for the advice guys. Really appreciate it.
^ and as for the previous post, yeah I know. But I need someone to help me Drive it back from the dealership then :/

Any salesman will spend 20-30 minutes working with you to teach you the basics. After all, it means he'll get a commission for the sale of the car to you. Yes, you will be rusty and perhaps stall the engine a few times but so what?

[13 FR-S Veteran]

Originally Posted by whaap

Saying it took a student about 10 hours to fly on her own isn't saying much about the student or the instructor. All that comment does is put some unnecessary fear in the op. The average person needs no where near 10 hours to learn the basics of a manual transmission unless perhaps 9 of those hours are in a class room.

Thanks for your opinion....but if more people had proper training with a qualified instructor don't you think the end result is a much safer and confident driver on "public" roads?

As for "unnecessary fear". It takes as long as it takes for the student to grasp the concepts. As he stated, the OP is a "16" y/o.

In the OP's home province of British Columbia (and the rest of Canada for that matter) the gold standard for driver training is "Young Drivers of Canada", and that program runs 20 hrs of classroom and 12 hours of in car training.

Ask yourself...when was the last time you actually picked up a CURRENT "drivers handbook" or took some driver training of any kind?

Your post only negatively reinforces that adage of "i've been driving for X number of years and i know exactly what i'm doing".

Traffic laws change from province to province (and state to state) and they are continually modifed in any given year.

Thanks again, but your comment is less than credible.

[thorlius]

I did Young Drivers some 10 years ago. Both classroom and in car sessions is about road rules and good etiquette. If you opted for the MT lessons back then, you would have probably gotten a single extra hour long lesson.

The assumption is that the OP already knows how to drive, just not MT.

As most have said, it doesn't take long to figure it out after the mechanics are described/explained. A few minutes tops to get a theoretical understanding, and 10-15 minutes of practicing the grab point in some empty parking lot.

It takes anywhere from a few weeks to a few months before it all becomes entirely second nature (at which point driving auto will then - for the most part - suck).

[whaap]

Originally Posted by 13 FR-S Veteran

Thanks for your opinion....but if more people had proper training with a qualified instructor don't you think the end result is a much safer and confident driver on "public" roads?

As for "unnecessary fear". It takes as long as it takes for the student to grasp the concepts. As he stated, the OP is a "16" y/o.

In the OP's home province of British Columbia (and the rest of Canada for that matter) the gold standard for driver training is "Young Drivers of Canada", and that program runs 20 hrs of classroom and 12 hours of in car training.

Ask yourself...when was the last time you actually picked up a CURRENT "drivers handbook" or took some driver training of any kind?

Your post only negatively reinforces that adage of "i've been driving for X number of years and i know exactly what i'm doing".

Traffic laws change from province to province (and state to state) and they are continually modifed in any given year.

Thanks again, but your comment is less than credible.

You must have come to the party late as we're talking about two different things. You're talking about drivers education/training and I'm talking about learning the basics of a manual transmission, which was the question posed by the op. They're two different animals.

I haven't taken training in a long time but being a former MSF instructor I gave lots of training so I know of what you speak and I also know of what I speak.

Sorry for the confusion.

[Dispect]

Hi everyone. you all provided very useful information that will surely help me in my quest to learn how to drive manual. Thanks everyone so much. I really appreciate it!

[DaJo]

Originally Posted by Dispect

Hi everyone. you all provided very useful information that will surely help me in my quest to learn how to drive manual. Thanks everyone so much. I really appreciate it!

You're most welcome, and remember to keep all the traction control modules on!

Drive safe when you get it!

Cheers! :happy0180:

[truenosan]

I will volunteer to drive it back to your house from the dealership for you

[gmookher]

you need to go 'car shopping'

[White Shadow]

Originally Posted by Dispect

Hi everyone. you all provided very useful information that will surely help me in my quest to learn how to drive manual. Thanks everyone so much. I really appreciate it!

Here's a forum dedicated to helping noobs learn to drive manual transmissions:

www.standardshift.com

[White Shadow]

Originally Posted by whaap

Any salesman will spend 20-30 minutes working with you to teach you the basics. After all, it means he'll get a commission for the sale of the car to you. Yes, you will be rusty and perhaps stall the engine a few times but so what?

Hell, my guess is that most salesmen these days (especially the younger ones) have no clue how to drive a stick. When I bought my car, I noticed the salesman (he was probably late 20s maybe early 30s) grinning during the test drive. It wasn't long before he admitted that he couldn't drive a manual transmission at all. I told him that I thought it would be a requirement for his job and he just laughed and said that most of the sales people can't drive stick. Pathetic, huh?

[Dispect]

Originally Posted by truenosan

I will volunteer to drive it back to your house from the dealership for you

Hahah thanks. I really appreciate it but I already found someone. Thanks anyways.