Time to Learn how to Drive Stick

[blondie]

wow whats going on in here, he said he was learning stick, not asking for financial advice. Also if those were requirements to purchase this car, how many here would have to pass on it?

I say have fun learning stick just be safe and responsible. nothing wrong with that


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[wildcatgoal]

I say roast the friggin' tires off that rental car.

Disclaimer: the above does not reflect the actual opinion of this poster.

 

[jasonstang]

Lol so many butt hurt here.
60k car with an ample down payment and 60 months loan is not that unattainable if OP lives with his parents no needing to pay food and mortgage.
If I don't have mortgage payment I can easily afford a Viper.
OP you know what I did to keep my manual driving skills up when I don't have manual car? Race steering wheel controllers with manual shifter and clutch. When you can do heel and toe and shift good in games, you can easily drive a manual.
I have G27 and been playing games like Live for Speed. Very good game to practice manual.

 

[CNFLCTD]

There are trolls on every forum and this one is obviously no different. It's not like you are some unemployed high school kid with mommy and daddy's money funding your purchase. Good for you for going to college, graduating, and getting a real job/career. I have a sneaking suspicion that the strokes poking fun at you are jealous of your life's trajectory. I heard the same shit when I was your age. F 'em. For what it's worth I purchased a new STI as my first stick and hadn't owned one before that. It's not rocket science. Take the car to a parking lot and slowly practice for a while. Once you have 1st gear down its all downhill. Good luck and congratulations.


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[Blaze489]

You sir, are an ass.

OP you will pickup driving stick in short order. I taught my son who was 18 at the time to drive stick in my brand new Boss 3 years ago so we could attend the Boss Track Attack together. He picked it up in no time.

Congrats on your success at this early stage in life. The world is before you because of your hard work. Enjoy, but do be careful if you are not used to driving cars that are so powerful. They will bite you if you don't respect them. No one wants to see you wrapped around a telephone pole.

Thank You, I have been driving my 06 GT since highschool (almost 9 years). I know 300hp to 526hp is a decent jump, but im used to the power and know how it can easily go sideways in wet weather. I am not going from a basic under 200hp car to a race car, now that would be crazy talk. I will not be around a pole since I never street race, only racing will be at the track, which I will sign up for soon.

 

[DaveH]

I hope you enjoy the car, I think you'll be very impressed.

I wouldn't be too concerned about learning how to drive it, nor about the power either, it's only as fast as you want it to be.

I learned to drive in a 75hp car in the UK, and was racing Ferrari's in the Ferrari challenge series 6 months later. Congratulations for being able to have a car such as this at a relatively young age. I'm only 32 and have had a sizable collection of exotic cars since I started driving, so keep working hard, you only get one go around, may as well enjoy it and make it count.

 

[NipSC4328]

Like I told all my kids, the throttle pedal is NOT an on\off switch ... now if I could just get that through my thick head, lol. Do as I say, not as I do ;)

 

[Sheenapple]

read through 4 pages, and i'm seeing a lot of "when I was 8....." etc..

yeah so I bought my GTPP with no manual exp what so ever, I stalled over 60+ times getting it off the lot. the ONLY advice I can give you, is remove that god damn clutch assist spring if the GT350 has it. and be patient. take things slow, don't drop the clutch. don't feel rushed in traffic or embarrassed when something goes wrong. depending on your learning curve at some point you will keep doing the same thing, just faster.

the problem areas I had/have:

1. taking off from a start. this includes MANY scenarios. most of the time I just let the clutch out slowly, feel it grab and slowly keep pulling my foot off, then get on the gas however I want.
2. downshifting. there's many ways to do it, but which way is the right? that's up to you and your beliefs.
3. upshifting from a low gear to get around someone SMOOTHLY.

 

[HoosierDaddy]

I thought that's what launch control was for: to make it impossible to stall the car when learning to drive a stick. ;)

 

[krt22]

Congrats. I'm certainly not asking you to be sorry, you've had a hard 5? years of working every day!

You're 26, so I'm sure you have your priorities in place. I bet you are fully funding your retirement IRA or 401/403b, yes? Good, smart boy. Of course you made sure you had 0 revolving credit card debt or other car loans outstanding. Right on! Then, I bet you have at least bought your first piece of property...right? Most likely a small single family home on a small lot. Since land is an appreciating asset and cars (usually) only depreciate, it is any prudent young person's FIRST big purchase. Maybe you've decided you should leverage the first piece of property and buy something else with a positive cash flow to make it pay for itself. Really smart boy. You might even have that rental help pay for a new car someday.

So with all those bases covered, you had a good chunk of cash left to drop on a down payment so you would not have a $800+ monthly car nut, I bet you put 20k down. You are one smart cookie. I like how you put life's priorities in order before you "treated" yourself.

You're gonna do great things seeing how rational and considered you have been. Have fun with the car!

Wow, just wow, what a wise old cookie you are! Too bad tact and maturity don't always go hand and hand with age, ay boy!

 

[kz]

read through 4 pages, and i'm seeing a lot of "when I was 8....." etc..

yeah so I bought my GTPP with no manual exp what so ever, I stalled over 60+ times getting it off the lot. the ONLY advice I can give you, is remove that god damn clutch assist spring if the GT350 has it. and be patient. take things slow, don't drop the clutch. don't feel rushed in traffic or embarrassed when something goes wrong. depending on your learning curve at some point you will keep doing the same thing, just faster.

One thing I recommend (which is what used when having my wife refresh her manual driving skills and not stall my car - it worked perfectly) is just let the clutch go without adding any gas. Car will slowly start moving forward and not stall. Then you can add gas and keep going - this is foolproof method for anybody and also helps nicely figure out clutch engagement point which is very apparent this way.
It will also help drive it home without being major pain on the road (although it is a slow start off the lights obviously).

 

[SINBUSTER007]

to the OP, experience before you get into your 350 will be very helpful.
i like the idea of a rental if you do not have friends with man tranny.
i learned how to drive manual when i was 17 and bought a 1990 escort 5sp manual
for my first car. i had to learn on the fly. the more you know how to drive the better it will be to handle the car.
very mature of you at 26 and accomplished what you have. i would have had 7 mustangs in my life if i wasnt so dumb and stupid to blow the money on nothing...
family will cut some of the fun for a short time so make sure you have stuff planned out first.

 

[FORDSTANGER]

to the OP, i like the idea of a rental if you do not have friends with man tranny....

:doh:

 

[Steve68]

When I was a kid our cars rolled backwards when letting out the clutch on an uphill incline...AND WE LIKED IT.

 

[1mic]

Ok, those of you suggesting to just get the car and learn on that, would you let your SO (significant other, bf/gf, wife, etc) learn on the gt350?
I'm waiting for weather to clear up and let the girly learn how to drive my gt. Now if you ask me if I will let her learn to ride a motorcycle on my bike, I'd say no way in hell.

My no way in hell list would include, hellcat, 06 and older vipers.

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