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lemon318 04-23-2019 06:24 AM
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Originally Posted by ssjGoku69 (Post 8945882)
You might be able to do the same: I bought my first manual in January in Langley, then drove it home to East Van. Note that the only experience with stick shift was from watching YouTube videos.

The hard part is building up the muscle memory for shifting, but that just takes practice. The point being is that you don't need a burner car just to learn how to shift, you'll get the hang of it within a week or 2. =)
Gotcha, I think I can find someone to drive it back for me though so it's fine.

lemon318 04-23-2019 06:24 AM
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Originally Posted by BIC_BAWS (Post 8945888)
I second the above.

Tho I had a friend drive my e46 from poco to home for me. I learned and could get around remotely fine in like 2 or 3 days. Getting hill starts down took like 2 months.



I still have the e46 and it'll be two years of ownership in July - clutch is fine.
Guess I'll have to practice in Richmond haha

Gerbs 04-23-2019 07:47 AM
I learned how to drive stick on a 240sx back in grade 11. However, it didn't really stick until I bought my first car 5 years later. I had some money saved from working during high school and post-secondary. Spent $7k and bought a CSX-S. I drove it home from Brentwood after I bought it. It took about 9 months before I was comfortable creeping up hills during traffic. The real test was being comfortable going up the Willingdon /Boundary hills. My suggestion is that you're better off buying a manual car and learning on it because you won't be able to truly learn how to drive stick without owning a manual car.

ae101 04-23-2019 04:36 PM
bg4 at espot lol, saves u gas money and clutch lol

lemon318 04-24-2019 05:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Gerbs (Post 8945932)
I learned how to drive stick on a 240sx back in grade 11. However, it didn't really stick until I bought my first car 5 years later. I had some money saved from working during high school and post-secondary. Spent $7k and bought a CSX-S. I drove it home from Brentwood after I bought it. It took about 9 months before I was comfortable creeping up hills during traffic. The real test was being comfortable going up the Willingdon /Boundary hills. My suggestion is that you're better off buying a manual car and learning on it because you won't be able to truly learn how to drive stick without owning a manual car.
Gotcha, cheers

lemon318 04-24-2019 05:33 PM
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Originally Posted by ae101 (Post 8945965)
bg4 at espot lol, saves u gas money and clutch lol
Huh?

twitchyzero 04-24-2019 08:09 PM
he's referring to some arcade

many newer cars are harder to stall because you dont need gas on a level surface
not being able to turn off hill assist on the nd miata is hard to get used to, it holds it for 2s while im already rev'd up to 5k :okay:


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