Manual Shift Help!!
 

Nah...well I did just get a car, a stick shift. Stalled about 10 times first time I used it :oops:

Sorry can't help, but I bet the most beautiful women around saw it and died laughing.

hahahahahahah!

what kind of car?

I can help, what do you need to know? I drive manual.

Dude get an automatic youll have better luck with it in the snow!

Ha I already bought it...who all here has an automatic and who has a manual???????

I have both. 2 automatics 1 manual. My advice , practice makes perfect.

I have one Dodge Daytona 2.5L N/A Manual.

Speaking of cars my aunt just bought an Aston Martin, like the one from the new Bond movie.

She must be on rich lady! I have a 2001 ford f 150 automatic 4 wheel drive

Speaking of transmissions, my transmission and water pump on my van went out a couple of week ago, (it was an automatic). $2,500 to get them replaced, lucky for me it was still under warranty, cost me $100.

I could help now, but so busy :oops:

[quote="Low spark":aa399]Sorry can't help, but I bet the most beautiful women around saw it and died laughing.[/quote:aa399]

...dont listen to 'em fella..... that screeching sound of grinding gears actually attracts the ladies.... believe me! 8)

I just got an cutlass supreme oldsmobile automatic and I m not even old enough to get my temps.

Dont listen to all the nay-sayers Old Guy. Theres nothing wrong with standards. Been driving em off and on for like 18 yrs :)

they're less likely to fail, but their hell in traffick :)
also cant smoke, drink coffe and eat a burger while your shifting (well, I can but Im good) but thats minor and you learn to adjust.

Overall I prefer em to auto's.

Now, learning how to master the beast just takes practice. You learn to let the clutch slip a little AS you're giving gas at the same time.

Try just taking off. Put it in neautral, push the clutch in. Now idle up the gas a little and try easing up on the clutch gently. the car will tell you if your doing it wrong. As you let up on the clutch give it more gas untill your off the clutch completely and your on your merry way :)

Just takes practice man. I know from experience excatly how much pressure to give both pedals for a smooth take off. Once your moving you just push the clutch in a little and shift.

Ever ride a motorcycle? Same principal.

Just backing out/in a driveway helps. I was 14 when I learned and I had it down in less than a week of backing in/out my driveway.

Just remember what my pappy allways said..."IT will tell YOU when you're doing it wrong." Listen to the motor. To high and your burning the clutch...too low and your gonna stall.

Hope that helps.


Oh...and remember one important detail.....























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What you want to do is find the steepest hill around. Pull all the way to just about the top but you should still be on the slope side. Now come to a complete stop and wait for someone to pull up behind you.... :wink: Sorry could not resist.

I would follow Jaspers rules.

I Had a 87 Ford Turbo couple 5 speed. Lost my licence for 3 months. For passing an unmarked state trooper doing 124MPH, Hell I was only in 4th gear!!. He was in the center lane when I passed him on the left. I immediately pulled over and had to wait at least 5-6 minutes. For him to catch up. He was cool but pissed. I was 18 at the time.
This was the last time I ever received a speeding ticket. I'm all grown up now and have to pay for my own insurance.

To all the younger members. Remember guys drive safely and don't be a fool like I was. I was lucky many are not.

Ha, thanks guys for the advice. I can get it to go etc...I just have to drive more to get a much smoother transition and feel for the car. And I did drive on a highway overramp and had to stop, lol my dad put on the parking brake I was pretty mad. I gotta pay for insurance for this puppy too, nothing much to worry about though. Jasper is right about gettin a feel for it. It sure as hell tells me when I'm doin something wrong!!! :o

The bucking and raw egg smell will also tell you your doing something wrong :wink:

Good luck, it may take a clutch or two but you will eventually get the hang of it.

You had a Ford! *Thinking of Rudedog way diffrently :wink:


Im Chevy all the way

I drive my parents Pontiac Grand AM SE.......ya i know I'm cool

My '86 Trans Am can take your Grand Am!

I would hope so Jasper

I drive a 2002 BMW M3... :D

omg I hate manual... the thing that is the hardest to get used to is the clutch... when you brake you have to press the clutch and brake, when you go you have to release the clutch while at the same time pressing down on the gas... its just way to confusing... and then sometimes your car starts to jump forward and burn rubber... its really a hard task but in the long run you get used to it, plus manuals are much faster then automatics while accelerating... good for racing :D

btw I was joking about the bimmer, I drive a new VW Jetta GLI :D

Oh, it would :P

That was my favorite saying when I first got it...
"My Pontiac can take it!!"

Grand Ams are girly cars

[quote="Old Reliable":e00d5]Grand Ams are girly cars[/quote:e00d5]

Yeah your right

Cheapest products from Pontiact

BUt its a GM product, so its good, well atleast better then P.O.S Dodge and FORD

Hey my wife drives a 2000 GrandPri GTP with supercharger putting out over 240HP.

Heads up display and full leather.

She does not let me drive it since I told here the heads up display does not go over 99 mph.

and I drive an Ford F150.with more electronic stuff then the space shuttel 8)