You could try telling her to keep her to keep the heel of her left foot planted on the floor when trying to find the friction point, then adding throttle from there. After I started doing this, I never stalled or had a jerking start from then on.

 

If I were to "obtain" the Drift Bible, would that help me to learn the ropes of driving a stick any better??

Also, are there any websites for organizations or national "chains" of driving schools? Or are they mostly all run separately, to where I'll have to google for some?

Thanks!

 

if you understand the basic theory of driving a manual transmission, and have average or better coordination you should have no problems.

also, if you're at a dealership trying to buy an MT car they will work their ass off trying to teach you. I remember I wanted a prelude back in 1998 and went to a Honda dealership and told them my delimma (same as yours). They brought out a testor prelude and a salesman took me out to an empty lot and we practiced enough so I can drive the car home. I didn't end up getting it but they sure worked hard.

As a last resort find an S2ki member in your area who's willing to drive the car home for you. Then you can have all the time in the world practicing in your neighborhood.

 

Skip the drift bible and open the phone book to find a local driving school. Before google, that how people found stores!

 

My ex girlfriend taught me how to drive stick . It was on her dad's hand me down 1977 Celica GT. What an awesome car.

I've daily driven a Subaru Legacy, an Acura Integra GS-R, and now my S2000. The S2000 is by far the easiest to operate. Best manual gearbox on the market today.

 

how long have you been driving? if your experienced enough, just read up on the mechanics of how a manual tranny and clutch works... try www.howstuffworks.com

if you understand the mechanics.. the s2k is not a problem to learn to drive stick on... all it takes is a couple of days of seat time to get it right.. jus make sure you learn the mechanics... you dont need a driving school or anything.. if you can rent a car or drive another stick, thats great...s2k is a lot different to drive than a civic or integra... but its not a viper or lamborghini... trust me.. youll be lovin it in a couple of days... just find roads without a lot of cars...near your neighborhood... stick to normal driving (no racing) till you get it right and all it takes is a day or 2..and keep practicing..drive everyday... within a few weeks, youll have no problem even in rush hour stop n' go traffic...

the overrevving you hear about is when your generally shifting to a higher gear and accidently fall into a lower gear.. for ex. when going from 4th - 5th, and accidently go into 3rd.... this is a fact/problem for EVERY manual car... not specific to an s2k or any honda... only practice will help... so hold redline shifting till you feel more comfortable... in lower, normal rpm driving, even if you misshift, your engine's not fast enough to cause any damage.

pm me if you want a step by step...

 

The S is pretty easy to learn on. When you have the basics down (driving around the neighborhood). Make sure you learn how to go up an incline at a stop. You'll know why when you have someone on your ass when you're on an incline. Also remember not to shift in a turn. You want to have power to the wheels when you are in a turn.

 

i live in frankfort, but i don't have my s yet. me and some of my friends always go to down town lex to were the big circle and all the bars are. do you know what im talking about?

anyways, im 16 and its not to hard to learn how to drive a stick, but it does take alil will to get smooth with it.

 

I remember when I spent plenty of time in my driveway just shifting into first, stopping, reversing, etc. again and again. Practice, man. You'll be able to drive the car around in a day, but to be adequate at it, a week.

Great? Good question.

 

You won't have any overrev problem. That only happens on downshifting. While you are still learning to drive stick, you will only be upshifting during acceleration, and will be using your brakes to stop. The people who overrev are those who know something about manual transmissions but miss the correct gear.