One of the reasons I am not keen on keeping my current Prelude for a long time is because it is my first car and it has experience plenty of horrible driving by me. When I get my S2000 I will kill myself if I ever stall in it or shift badly or miss a shift or anything like that. But if you have the money there's nothing wrong with it. Just that it'll make the car look really bad if you stall or drive horribly.

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Howie
[B]One of the reasons I am not keen on keeping my current Prelude for a long time is because it is my first car and it has experience plenty of horrible driving by me.

 

My S2000 was my first manul car. However, I drove many of my friends' cars and I got used to driving them. Learning to drive manual is not hard so go out and get that sweet car!!!!

 

Learning to drive a stick (manual shift) car isn't difficult at all. I would recommend that you learn before buying an S2000 of any other car for that matter. A stick shift car may not be for you.

 

Hi there,

You cannot appreciate the driving experience without a manual gearbox. Consider that the purest and defacto form of a sports car is manual gearbox, rear wheel drive and of course no traction control, no cruise control etc.
God I love that GT2...http://www.us.porsche.com/english/911/mode...gt2/default.htm

Take it easy and start practising with an instructor. You will enjoy cars much more...

 

Before I got my Stook, I thought manual shifter was an Hispanic tennis player.

 

Muz... not so fast, I learned with rear wheel drive and a stick in my dad's (my 1st vehicle) 53' Chevy truck. I did cause him to need a clutch early in his(still his daily driver) 72' Datsun... I did later move to the dark side when I installed a 65' 429CI V8 w/400 turbohydro tranny in the truck. It was still rear wheel drive tho' and wickedly fast. Most of the early fwd cars I drove at least had a stick. I used to move the only working tranny I had amongst my 4 Simcas... depending on which would start.

although I would not want to risk my S with a beginner driver... driving a stick is not that hard. Also if an S is your 1st stick... you really need patience and great respect for what can happen in a rear wheel driver due to snap - oversteer!

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Red_s2k
[B]Muz... not so fast, I learned with rear wheel drive and a stick in my dad's (my 1st vehicle) 53' Chevy truck. I did cause him to need a clutch early in his(still his daily driver) 72' Datsun...

 

LOL

 

You can make the dealership offer a lesson and loaner cars for practice.
You can practice on accord or civic.
It took my wife 15 minutes to learn. It took me about as long on my first used car 12 years ago. But it may take a little longer for some people. Everyone I have taught took about 15 minutes to an hour. You can't just get in and drive, since it takes 10 to 15 minutes just to explain what to do. It's very possible that you can get a good feel in the first few tries...but it may take up to an hour.