Bot mine late Feb 2001
learning how to drive a manual for the first time. Anyone out there in VA want to help?

 

JACKBOX,

Dude...welcome to the club man. Glad you found our forum.
Should be someone here that can help you.

I have one big hint to give you.

When shifting from 3rd to 4th...use the front of your fingers and your palm and point your thumb downwards. I tried the pistol grip at first and I accidently shifted from 9000k in 3rd gear to 2nd gear.

Thumb down technique for 5th to 6th also!

 

Dude, I'd be happy to teach you on my 86 Integra but not the stook

 

Just remember to shif your weight....or was that skiing??

Good luck with the classes. I taught my wife and both daughters to drive sticks(but of course not on the S2K).

You'll get lots of use of the 6 speeds and enjoy every one!

 

Dude, I just picked mine up at the end of march, also learning to drive stick, follow the advice these guys give you, I've been finding out the hard way 2. Also, remember it's a short clutch.

 

Dudes - Thx for the tips (I'm a dudette)

Shift, clutch ??????? Besides, I apologized to my baby after each practice- ok

 

No kidding man, practice on a slammer. Rent one if you have to. It will be cheaper in the long run to trash a rental's clutch than your s2k.

 

I'm confused-Can you drive a stick on a slushbox licence? If you pass on a stick, you're OK to drive either in UK, but pass on a slushbox, you're stuck with it.

That seems logical as it's so fundamental to driving technique (ask any autocrosser or pro racer), it really is important to understand what you're doing any why you're supposed to do it! Especially as the car is apparently so unforgiving of driver errors.

 

Here in the US (at least in the states I am familiar with) the licensing bureaucracy is not clever enough to see that a different a test/license should be administered. For many years the same license even worked for motorcycles.. and a commercial license requiring a test in only a 1ton GVW truck allowed you to drive any truck!

 

Chris, thanks for the info.

All I need's the air fare. Then, hire & Ford Econoline & take my test. Then trade in the S2K for a Kenworth K-900 with a 600BHP, 13 speed crash transmission, room to live. buy me a stetson, king of the road.

Woo-Hoo!