How hard is it to learn to drive stick shift?
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nothing to it, just takes practice like learning to type and ride a bike. the difference is you will feel stupid if you have to learn by driving on public streets. Find someone with good patience and a old stick shift car to guide you.
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Having no left leg, using the clutch is a challenge, but I can drive a manual transmission on my parents' elderly tractor quite well using a pulley and cord my father installed years ago. I can drive a car with a stick we made for the purpose, but I doubt that it is legal. My real point is if I can do it, anyone can do it.
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I didn't think it was all that difficult. I learned to drive a stick shift at the same time as learning to drive. (When I was 15) Find someone who's willing to let you learn on their car - and find a big empty parking lot that you can practice (starting, shifting as you speed up, slow down, and stopping) in for awhile before you try it on the streets :) Then practice on some hills.
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Easy. You'll have the basics down in an afternoon or two. The hardest part I had with learning to drive a manual was taking off. Once you develop a feel for the clutch it's all smooth sailing from there. Big unused parking lots are great for learning. After that you get to learn how to double-clutch and heel toe..... j/k.
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just a little practice and you will be good to go. ;D
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its not difficult at all ... best thing to do is practice shifting with car in the driveway ... MAKE SURE THE PARKING BRAKE IS ON AND THERE ARE STOPS BEHIND THE WHEELS!!! ... but with the car off, just practice using the clutch and shifting from gear to gear
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It's easier than walking.
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You will find that once you learn you will be doing it without thinking.....hills were the hard part when i started. Fear of rolling back. I overcame it and was driving a clutch when I was 16 years old. Best of luck....btw ...have someone with alot of patients teach you.
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its like riding a bicycle. balance and both feet and hands are active.
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It took me about two weeks of casual driving to get to the point to where I stopped making mistakes. Sure, it's stressful at first, but realize that it isn't magic... it's just a skill that takes time to learn.
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Easy.
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Consider that until automatic transmissions didn't become popular in the U.S. until the 1950's pretty easy. Your parents or grandparents and great-grandparents learned it-you probably can too.
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easy but hate to do it in San Francisco.
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I got pushed into learning when we found the model of car I wanted, well within my price range... as a stick shift. My then-boyfriend knew stick but not well enough to teach it, so he googled instructions and we went to a parking lot. It was mostly okay, except one time I was pushed nearly to tears trying to get past a stop sign on a hill and I just could not get it and then we realised i was still in second gear. Starting forward going uphill still sucks. Different people have different methods of dealing with it. I found a parking garage and practiced in there. I have stickers on my steering wheel. "Easy on the clutch!" "Brake [heart] clutch" "First?" and a little diagram of my gear configuration. I don't need them, I don't think, but I don't need to take them off either, so they're still there. :)
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