Learn to drive a stick shift

I took the car out today. I didn’t stall once while driving around the neighborhood. HOWEVER, I couldn’t park the car in the garage cause I kept stalling on the driveway. But whatever, I’m just happy I didn’t stall on the road. Still need to practice but getting a lot better.

Well, after all this time of complaining that I have no opportunity to learn I am silenced. I felt I would never have the opportunity to learn since everyone that owns a manual does not want the wear and tear on their clutch. Understandable, but how is a person supposed to learn? I guess by buying their own manual transmission like I did. My car finally broke down again (for it’s last time). I’ve been long over due for a new car so off to the dealership we went just to look. Majority of the cars on the lot were manuals. This would not have been an issue except I actually like 2 of the cars enough to ask my husband to test drive them. When he and the dealer both looked at me and said “But you cannot drive a manual…” my only reply was “and what better way to learn?” My husbands car is a standard also, so there is no giving up on this one. I went out to day to a parking lot for about 20 minutes just working on 1st gear. Shifting is not an issue…stalling is. I hope this takes less than a month. It’s nerve racking to own a car and having to sit in the passenger seat while someone else drives you around all the time!

I’ve been out twice in the last two days with my dad to practice. I’m getting a lot better. I’m still not confident enough to be on actual busy roads, but at least I know if I HAD to drive a standard in a emergency I could.

Vroom vroom

This may not be hard but it’s not my priority at the moment. One day though…

It just seems like one of those things I should know how to do.

once i tried learning and i cried!! i don’t like not being in control.

I actually began learning on a stick shift. My dad let me learn on his old pick up truck, and I would practice driving it up and down the drive way of my mom’s horse farm. I was actually getting the hang of it and could successfully do the whole clutch thing.. when my parents go and buy me a automatic car for Christmas. I generally feel like people who do not know how to drive stick are looked down upon by the stick drivers. They all say you have so much more control and feel safer. Well that certainly would be nice in the snow. Plus, all the coolest cars are stick shift. I need to learn, I feel vulnerable being completely unable to drive a whole class of cars. What if its a emergency?!

well isaw a car and like it but soon find out it was a shift car, so i relly want to know how to drive shift so i can buy this car.

-I want a classic Bronco, automatic just won’t cut it
-it’ll make me feel like a badass