Learning to drive a stick shift
06-03-2014, 12:19 AM
#21
Registered User
I'm with Rob - I don't feel like I'm driving unless I'm shifting. It is such a blast. 
06-03-2014, 03:47 AM
#22
For me, sitting in traffic, leg extended, clutch in, moving like a snail, barely getting into second gear, only to stop again, takes all the fun factor out of driving a stick shift, and makes the sitting more unpleasant than if driving an automatic.
06-03-2014, 03:53 PM
#24
Registered User
Originally Posted by joncallihan
And we all realize that you cannot text and drive a stick. That's why the vast majority of the kids don't want to learn to drive with both hands and both feet. <img src=/lol.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
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06-03-2014, 06:02 PM
#25
06-03-2014, 08:38 PM
#26
Thread Starter
Originally Posted by joncallihan
And we all realize that you cannot text and drive a stick. That's why the vast majority of the kids don't want to learn to drive with both hands and both feet. <img src=/lol.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />' /> <img src=/lol.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />' /> Jon
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06-04-2014, 07:24 AM
#27
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I use the paddles or the gear shift knob in the SL to downshift to slow down, and in traffic. Best of both worlds I guess, automatic when I want it, shift when I want it, although Rob would say I'm cheating without a clutch to push.
06-04-2014, 07:51 AM
#28
You're absolutely right, I would say that. If it doesn't have a clutch, its not a manual transmission.
06-04-2014, 11:06 AM
#29
I taught my daughter to drive a manual in Casablanca Morocco, during Ramadan. We drove through the center of town in our Renault, not a sole on the street. I own 3 cars, all with manual transmissions.
