UPDATES: have to teach my sister how to drive a manual

[MazerRackham]

Some people just aren't meant to drive stick... they can barely avoid crashing driving automatics...

 

[CRXican]

Originally posted by: MazerRackham
Some people just aren't meant to drive stick... they can barely avoid crashing driving automatics...

you're right, they're called women

 

[vshah]

Originally posted by: Actaeon
What kind of car?

2002 honda cr-v

i'm back now: updates...

she's known how to drive for 2 years, so that part is covered.

she stalled 8 times in one hour, downshifted into 1st at 20mph twice (taking it to 7krpm)
and jumped the curb more times than i can count (in a flat parking lot). after this, she wanted to drive it home (hilly roads). i promptly switched off the ignition and unbuckled her seatbelt. btw you don't want pics, she's fugly.

-Vivan

 

[OrganizedChaos]

i hope clutches, pilot bearings, throwout bearings, and syncromesh are cheap for your car

 

[vshah]

and i have to do it again tomorrow....

myparents are buying her a car on the sole condition that its a stick. so she needs to learn/my family is forcing me to teach her. argh..

-Vivan

 

[JustAnAverageGuy]

I drive an automatic. Simply because it's easiar to learn at first

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

Originally posted by: Zenmervolt

Originally posted by: waggy
heh this was back in High school. So nope i dont' have pics.

she was 5'2" with red hair and a D cup. man they were huge! I got to see them and such but that was it. bummer darn good Christian girls! bah! heh she is still single though!

Short, Christian, Redhead...

OK, no pics but two questions:

1) How long ago were you in HS?
2) If it was 6 years or less (making her 24 or younger currently), how might one get in touch with this gal?



ZV

You don't have a chance, you nerd. Only a hulking studd such as myself has the power to sweep the gorgeous busty redheads off their feet.

:lips: :wine:

 

[Twista]

my father will be doing the same for me in acouple months.. but it will be in my new/used car :/ grrrrr Good luck man. Hope you want need a new clutch.

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: vshah

Originally posted by: Actaeon
What kind of car?

2002 honda cr-v

i'm back now: updates...

she's known how to drive for 2 years, so that part is covered.

she stalled 8 times in one hour, downshifted into 1st at 20mph twice (taking it to 7krpm)
and jumped the curb more times than i can count (in a flat parking lot). after this, she wanted to drive it home (hilly roads). i promptly switched off the ignition and unbuckled her seatbelt. btw you don't want pics, she's fugly.

-Vivan

damn....poor car..er..suv..err..whatever that thing is...

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

Originally posted by: JustAnAverageGuy
I drive an automatic. Simply because it's easiar to learn at first

That doesn't make a manual transmission hard to learn

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

Just tell her an RPM range to change gears at. Tell her to shift to next gear at 2500 or 3000 rpm and to not downshift unless RPM's get close to 1500, th en you don't have to worry about her doing 40mph and shifting into first

You should feel lucky she's willling to learn though, I've been trying to get my mom to learn for some time now so that our next car, whenever it is, doesn't have to be an automatic. It would be nice to have a rsx-s or an is300 in the house

 

[Ultima]

> she stalled 8 times in one hour, downshifted into 1st at 20mph twice (taking it to 7krpm

I don't get how that's possible. In my car (2003 Mazda Protege) it's very hard to put it into first if the car is moving. It was also like that in my old corolla.

 

[JustAnAverageGuy]

Originally posted by: AgaBooga

Originally posted by: JustAnAverageGuy
I drive an automatic. Simply because it's easiar to learn at first

That doesn't make a manual transmission hard to learn

No, but it is one less thing to worry about for beginners.

 

[civad]

...remembering from my driving lessons ( many, many years ago...)
The car was a 1988 Ambassador Mark IV. ( google for one, it was the jewel de crown of India's Car market back in its day...
Right hand drive, diesel, gear lever (literally a stick to shift gears) on the floor..

0-10 kmph: First gear
from thereon; upto 30 kmph: second
from thereon; upto 50: third
My driving instructor never let me drive above 50. I hated him for that.

Those were the days...

 

[Kipper]

Bye bye clutch...

 

[vshah]

Originally posted by: AgaBooga
Just tell her an RPM range to change gears at. Tell her to shift to next gear at 2500 or 3000 rpm and to not downshift unless RPM's get close to 1500, th en you don't have to worry about her doing 40mph and shifting into first

You should feel lucky she's willling to learn though, I've been trying to get my mom to learn for some time now so that our next car, whenever it is, doesn't have to be an automatic. It would be nice to have a rsx-s or an is300 in the house

Originally posted by: Ultima
> she stalled 8 times in one hour, downshifted into 1st at 20mph twice (taking it to 7krpm

I don't get how that's possible. In my car (2003 Mazda Protege) it's very hard to put it into first if the car is moving. It was also like that in my old corolla.

oh i tried all of that. when she shifted into first, she was trying to go to third. wtf i said, it locks out first above a certain speed...but apparently she has no response to tactile feedback and just slammed it in. wtf.

 

[NutBucket]

Originally posted by: Ultima
> she stalled 8 times in one hour, downshifted into 1st at 20mph twice (taking it to 7krpm

I don't get how that's possible. In my car (2003 Mazda Protege) it's very hard to put it into first if the car is moving. It was also like that in my old corolla.

Its not hard if the tranny is in good shape. If you just try to go into first (not forcing too hard), you'll hear the tranny spool up and it will go into gear. Work on my Honda more often then not (tho I don't do this very often).

 

[mAdD INDIAN]

Originally posted by: civad
...remembering from my driving lessons ( many, many years ago...)
The car was a 1988 Ambassador Mark IV. ( google for one, it was the jewel de crown of India's Car market back in its day...
Right hand drive, diesel, gear lever (literally a stick to shift gears) on the floor..

0-10 kmph: First gear
from thereon; upto 30 kmph: second
from thereon; upto 50: third
My driving instructor never let me drive above 50. I hated him for that.

Those were the days...

don't they have the shifter on the console in those cars?

I have dreams of importing one to Canada and putting in a blown SBC V8 in there.

 

[Ultima]

Originally posted by: NutBucket

Originally posted by: Ultima
> she stalled 8 times in one hour, downshifted into 1st at 20mph twice (taking it to 7krpm

I don't get how that's possible. In my car (2003 Mazda Protege) it's very hard to put it into first if the car is moving. It was also like that in my old corolla.

Its not hard if the tranny is in good shape. If you just try to go into first (not forcing too hard), you'll hear the tranny spool up and it will go into gear. Work on my Honda more often then not (tho I don't do this very often).

Depends on the car. If I want to do it on the Mazda I would either have to force it or double-clutch. Usually you shouldn't be putting it into first unless you're stopped I always put it into second at stop signs unless I go slower than 5km/h (actually do a full stop)

 

[ColdFusion718]

Originally posted by: vshah
on MY CAR!!! unfair to say the least. wish me luck, and pray for my clutch.

2002 honda cr-v

i'm back now: updates...

she's known how to drive for 2 years, so that part is covered.

she stalled 8 times in one hour, downshifted into 1st at 20mph twice (taking it to 7krpm)
and jumped the curb more times than i can count (in a flat parking lot). after this, she wanted to drive it home (hilly roads). i promptly switched off the ignition and unbuckled her seatbelt. btw you don't want pics, she's fugly.


-Vivan

btw you don't want pics, she's fugly.

LOL what a nice thing to say about your sister.

 

[NutBucket]

Originally posted by: Ultima

Originally posted by: NutBucket

Originally posted by: Ultima
> she stalled 8 times in one hour, downshifted into 1st at 20mph twice (taking it to 7krpm

I don't get how that's possible. In my car (2003 Mazda Protege) it's very hard to put it into first if the car is moving. It was also like that in my old corolla.

Its not hard if the tranny is in good shape. If you just try to go into first (not forcing too hard), you'll hear the tranny spool up and it will go into gear. Work on my Honda more often then not (tho I don't do this very often).

Depends on the car. If I want to do it on the Mazda I would either have to force it or double-clutch. Usually you shouldn't be putting it into first unless you're stopped I always put it into second at stop signs unless I go slower than 5km/h (actually do a full stop)

I agree its not a good thing to do. I only do it if I'm entering the freeway on a tight turn or something. If I just go with second there isn't enough torque to accelerate quickly.

 

[Viperoni]

Having a car with lots of low end power makes the job a lot simpler. Had I learned manual on my 92 Topaz 3.0L V6 instead of my friends 98 2.3L Accord, the learning curve would have been shorter. And a lot more fun

 

[Turkish]

Originally posted by: vshah
on MY CAR!!! unfair to say the least. wish me luck, and pray for my clutch.

2002 honda cr-v

i'm back now: updates...

she's known how to drive for 2 years, so that part is covered.

she stalled 8 times in one hour, downshifted into 1st at 20mph twice (taking it to 7krpm)
and jumped the curb more times than i can count (in a flat parking lot). after this, she wanted to drive it home (hilly roads). i promptly switched off the ignition and unbuckled her seatbelt. btw you don't want pics, she's fugly.


-Vivan

LOL @ the update. You are a good brother

 

[Excelsior]

Originally posted by: Ultima
> she stalled 8 times in one hour, downshifted into 1st at 20mph twice (taking it to 7krpm

I don't get how that's possible. In my car (2003 Mazda Protege) it's very hard to put it into first if the car is moving. It was also like that in my old corolla.

Same in my Passat. It pretty much wont let you put it in first when you are moving.

 

[Gurck]

I feel so sorry for your car