Hi all,

I have been reading in this forum for the past two months and this is my first post.

My question is that I really like the S2000, however I have never owned a stick before due to having to share my car with family members. I did learn how to drive a stick once before but it was a short time. I really want to learn it fully and I consider myself a quick learner. Do you guys think it would be harder to learn with this car? Or, should I get a less expensive car like the RSX and drive it for a few years?

Any comments or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Tks.

 

Go out and Buy an S2000. I would recommend trying to rent a stick shift somewhere if you can and practice first, but driving stick is not difficult, although I've been driving stick since 1993. In 1993 I drove my new Saturn SC2(stick) off the lot and learned by driving it. Didn't need a new clutch till 90,000 miles.

Go for it!!!

 

Buy the S2000, but I don't recommend learning with your new though. Not that it's hard to learn on a S2K or RSX-S. I personally wouldn't do it unless you have no other options.

 

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S2000. The RSX looks like a bubble. Too tall. Plus it is a front wheel drive.

 

My advice would be to practice on another car and then buy the s2000. The last thing you want to be doing is grinding gears and stalling out of the dealership... Also, I don't think the gearbox is as forgiving as a say a GM make.. The s2000 in my view is not a learning vehicle for 5-6spd... Unless you know of a manual driving school that uses one ?

simon2000

 

hey, i was the same when i bought my "S". Don't u worry about a thing. Other than few stalls at the light for first few days, u'll learn it really quick. I haven't stalled ever since the first week and i am almost getting good enough to race...

 

GET IT NOW!! plus, learning on an S makes driving everything else a piece of cake.

 

I vote for buying the S2000, and like others have said, find something else to practice/learn on. Be careful of downshifts in the S2000 though, going from 5th to 4th and missing and getting 2nd will really mess up your day.
Remember - trucks with their low first gear for pulling are less jerky when you are first trying to learn. Just be glad you are not learning on something that requires double clutching for a downshift, before the days of synchromesh trannies this was the way it was done.

 

I would also love to tell you to just go out and buy the S2000. It IS a wonderful car. But...it is not a car I would recommend for learning how to drive a stick shift. It is much easy to learn how to drive a stick shift with a car that has more low end torque. Since this is our car's greatest shortcoming IMHO, it makes it a very bad choice for learning a stick shift. The gears are also very close together, which is great for performance driving, but again not good if you're try to concentrate on the gas/clutch pedals. Learn on another car, even if it's just for a couple of days, then buy the S2k.