honestly the s2000 i thogu htwas relatively easy to drive...
i learned to drive stick on a 93 rx-7 and its relatively similar to the s2000 in the friction point.... catches real easy.... my friend who just learned to drive stick on his imprezza, drove my car and had an easier time with it...

 

Be happy you can learn to drive a stick when you made your drivers license with an automatic.

Here is Europe if you made your drivers license with an automatic you will have to take the exam again if you want to drive a stick.

 

Never heard of a good condition stick shift car breaking by stalling on takeoff. Its all the poor higher speed/ higher rpm clutch slipping/mismatched rpms shocking the drivetrain that damages the clutch and rest of drivetrain. The power at idle is extremely low compared with higher speed running. Stalling is indicative of poor driving habits during other phases of driving, these other phases contributing to damage. Stalling at idle is the least of your worries.

 

Stalling constantly is bad for the clutch and motor mounts.

Dont do it

 

I know exactly what you mean. I drive a friend's 325 often and it takes me 20 minutes to get used to driving it, then the same amount of time back in my car to relearn it. The bucking is hard to avoid in the BMW.

 

Stalling is bad ... because it kills your ego

 

I have been driving stick for about 6 months maybe a little longer. I learned on an rsx-s. To me the s is alot easier than the rsx. But what im wondering is what exactly do you mean by bad high speed driving. Can some one give a few examples of things that will ruin a clutch besides high speed launching. Things that one may do and not really know they are doing it because they are relatively new to the manual transmission.

 

i learned how to drive manual on my s2000. only times ive stalled is because i forget the car is in gear and just full let off the clutch while im still on the brake. another time is when im trying to get into the garage and going so slow that im not giving enough gas and the car just dies. i wouldnt say these are both bad stalls more or a mistake of not paying attention. i guess.

 

I learned to drive stick on my S2K because it is my first and currently only manual transmission vehicle. I was teaching my brother to drive stick on the S, and even though he learned to drive it somewhat, I'm afraid he'll burn my clutch, so I told him to ask one of his friends to teach him to drive stick on their cars.

 

I have been driving cars with stick shifts since the early 60's. I do not find any difference in the S clutch than any other car than I have had. I do like clutches that start to engage as soon as you start lifting off the floor board as that is easier to feather until full engagement.

However the clutch in my vette must be way out before it starts to engage. In my opinion the S is far easier to launch than the vette.

Possibly with the S the hp and torque are far up on the rpm range that you just can't dump it for normal starts.