Time to Learn how to Drive Stick

[Sheenapple]

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.

no, because its not my significant other's car. I worked for this car, not them . this is my treat. I will use it how I want. it hurts to learn on your dream car, or a really nice car, but why learn on something that teaches you nothing about your car?

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[DaveH]

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.

I let one of my best friends learn how to drive a manual in my F430. It's a car, it can be replaced, and it's entirely up to you as to whether you'd want to do such a thing or not.

If he destroys the clutch (unlikely) then he can replace it if necessary. While prior experience may be nice, I suspect there won't be a single issue, if not for a couple of thousand miles off the total clutch life.

 

[AoAIronman]

I'm 26, graduated college in civil engineering, and wanted to treat myself.

I am 25 and graduated in Civil Engineering at Auburn University but i definitely cant afford a GT350. Lol. You must have gotten a lucky break with your first job. I had to step my first car purchase back slightly at only 435 hp. Lol. But onto the stick shift part. This is my first stick shift that i have ever actually owned and i was able to learn it fairly quickly. Just dont let the people blowing their horns when you stall upset you. Just turn the exhaust to loud and give them a taste of your exhaust and smile:clap2:

 

[SpursFan]

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

Amen to that :amen: My first car was a samurai, picked it up at dealership on my 16th birthday. I got in and drove off, zero learning curve. Growing up with motorcycles and three wheelers it was second nature.

That said the GT350 is a bit finicky IMO due to the super light clutch. I would definitely not want to teach someone in that car.

 

[icormba]

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.

If it was my wife's car... sure. My car maybe not. However, my wife already knows how to drive stick better than I do. She gets to drive the GT350 w/out me in the car once a week if she wants. I'm a good husband :love: ;)

Amen to that :amen: My first car was a samurai, picked it up at dealership on my 16th birthday.

Now that was a dangerous car!! ;)

 

[FORDSTANGER]

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.

Yes, but with an educated, guided instruction. Driving a manual car, truck, tractor, motorcycle only requires patience and understanding.

My SO (aka Wife) did ride her first ever road bike on my 3 month old GSXR, so I have faith and confidence in others who are intelligent enough to learn. I also taught her how to drive a 5 spd in a parking lot, followed by a 850 mile trip the next day where she had to drive alone. She lived and did not crash.

 

[FORDSTANGER]

The hill start assist freaked me out the first time though.

 

[AoAIronman]

The hill start assist freaked me out the first time though.

Yea i have had to turn off the hill assist thing. It makes me kill it instead of actually helping

 

[SpursFan]

The hill start assist freaked me out the first time though.

Same exact thing to for me...I find it funny though you can rock in your seat and it releases.

 

[daltron]

Take the clutch spring out on the lot and drive it home and just let the clutch out slowly when you shift to get used to the engagement point and how much throttle you need. I drove a manual car for maybe 10 minutes 10 years ago and I drove my GT manual home 10 years after that. Will you stall? Yes. Who cares. It happens.

Best advice I can give you is be patient. Like another member said, learn to roll the car with just the clutch at first. As for stalling, just recognize it will happen. People will honk at you, get mad, etc. It doesn't matter, just pretend you are in the middle of nowhere and start the car and try again.

 

[5.0 435]

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!

Not sure putting down $20K is a smart move with 2% money for 5 years from banks like ally.

 

[Tamadrummer88]

So much hate in this thread for a young kid that has become successful.

Since some of you can't handle young and successful, come to LA. The amount of young and successful people here is astounding. Think a 26 year old is too young to drive a GT350? Thats nothing. Theres 26 year olds here driving Porsche 911's and Ferraris.

 

[icormba]

So much hate in this thread for a young kid that has become successful.

Since some of you can't handle young and successful, come to LA. The amount of young and successful people here is astounding. Think a 26 year old is too young to drive a GT350? Thats nothing. Theres 26 year olds here driving Porsche 911's and Ferraris.

Same with up here in the Bay Area.

Not sure putting down $20K is a smart move with 2% money for 5 years from banks like ally.

Not to get off the topic or anything, but Ally sucks!!! For a company that's online only... their online customer service was only available until 5pm PST when I had them. For the longest time I could only login to my account during those hours as well. What the hell, it's an online company!? To top it off the penalty rates for paying off early are horrible. :frusty:

 

[krt22]

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?

Yes, I actually plan to teach mine with it. Its just a car and driving stick is not rocket science. I also still have my 2012 GT, perhaps that is better?

 

[Steve68]

Amen to that :amen: My first car was a samurai, picked it up at dealership on my 16th birthday. I got in and drove off, zero learning curve. Growing up with motorcycles and three wheelers it was second nature.

That said the GT350 is a bit finicky IMO due to the super light clutch. I would definitely not want to teach someone in that car.

I've had more fun in the deserts of California in a Samurai than I could possibly put in to words. My buddy owned one and we bit the snot out of that thing in the desert and it just kept going. He even laid it on its side in some sand dunes. We just uprighted it and kept driving.

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