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How to learn how to drive stick-shift by drusepth

"I guess you never know when you'll need to drive stick"

How I did it: I started in a parking lot to practice shifting, and then moved to driving around my streets. When I was comfortable with that (and wasn't killing the car all the time) I started to drive once or twice a week to classes and back. 

Then I planned a trip up north that I ended up needing to drive for, so I started driving more and more each day to get ready. The only thing I was having trouble with was starting from a complete stop, so I headed back to a parking lot and drove for about an hour. 

When the trip arrived, I drove almost the whole way (my dad drove through one city) and on the way back, I drove the whole way. As I said in my latest entry, I said I'd mark this goal off if I was still alive when I got back, so... wooo!

Lessons & tips: Find out what you're having the most difficulty with and focus completely on that. If you're having trouble learning when to shift, drive around a familiar neighborhood. If you're having trouble starting from a stop, head to a parking lot. Otherwise, you're pretty much learning two things at once (how to drive and how to drive stick) and it might slow things down. 

Otherwise, just jump in and stick with it. 

Oh, and drive defensively!

Resources: The Internet, my dad


 

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