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MakoFury 12-04-2010 10:45 AM

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Niche79 12-04-2010 01:36 PM

May I suggest you learn, its not hard at all though learning on a brand new Z kinda sucks. Might as well till you get it paid down some cause thats beyond high in price. Once its payed down some youll be driving it like a pro so just hang on to it and have fun! It will be worth it!

ThoriumHotdog 12-04-2010 01:41 PM

:iagree:

Learning to drive stick is definitely worth driving that ride. :) GLWS

djpathfinder 12-04-2010 02:13 PM

MakoFury, give it some time. Trust me, you'll love it once you get the hang of it. Years ago, my wife (then girlfriend) converted me to driving stick, so I know what you're going through.

MakoFury 12-05-2010 11:19 AM

I know...I like the car just hate driving/learning stick...it makes me not want to drive the car...getting honked at while stalling multiple times is not fun...

Jeffblue 12-05-2010 11:29 AM

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Originally Posted by MakoFury (Post 837241)
I know...I like the car just hate driving/learning stick...it makes me not want to drive the car...getting honked at while stalling multiple times is not fun...

go to a parking lot. Practice starting over and over and over again. thats all it takes. then you'll be fine. I thikn you are getting especially frustrated b/c you are getting ahead of yourself. Driving stick in traffic, when you don't know how to drive stick, will make you never want to drive stick again. Trust me. Parking lot, practice away from other cars, then you won't feel pressured by other cars.

mick 12-05-2010 11:57 AM

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Originally Posted by djpathfinder (Post 836409)
MakoFury, give it some time. Trust me, you'll love it once you get the hang of it. Years ago, my wife (then girlfriend) converted me to driving stick, so I know what you're going through.

yeah but it's probably going to take a while for someone who is just starting to learn how to drive a manual transmission car to get good enough to enjoy driving it. therefore, i understand the OP's decision to sell the car.

Jeffblue 12-05-2010 12:11 PM

time=money. considering the OP will likely take at least a 6-7 thousand dollar loss selling the car, it would be worth the few hours it would take to at least get the basics down. the rest is just getting used to the car. theres plenty of people out there that drive stick that aren't very good at it. yea it takes a while to really be able to know the transmission really well and shift very precicesly, but it only takes a couple hours behind the wheel to get to the point where you are comfortable and not worried about stalling.

frost 12-05-2010 12:13 PM

Jesus, it took me like, a whopping hour to learn to drive stick. Don't be a puss.

Trips 12-05-2010 12:14 PM

Are you selling or asking for advice? If selling Post pics and glws, if advice? This is the wrong section for that.

theDreamer 12-05-2010 12:14 PM

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Originally Posted by frost (Post 837289)
Jesus, it took me like, a whopping hour to learn to drive stick. Don't be a puss.

Geez, one hour.

phelan 12-05-2010 12:15 PM

I echo sentiments, get the car to an empty parking lot, and practice, practice, practice. Unless you have 7-8 thousand dollars to just blow off when you sell at a loss, you really should just learn the manual transmission.

Out of curiosity, if you didn't know, and didn't want to learn, why did you buy a manual transmission...?

frost 12-05-2010 12:15 PM

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Originally Posted by theDreamer (Post 837291)
Geez, one hour.

Yeah, but I taught your mom to blow me much quicker.

SmoothZ 12-05-2010 12:16 PM

:facepalm: OMG...

Jeffblue 12-05-2010 12:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by phelan (Post 837292)
I echo sentiments, get the car to an empty parking lot, and practice, practice, practice. Unless you have 7-8 thousand dollars to just blow off when you sell at a loss, you really should just learn the manual transmission.

Out of curiosity, if you didn't know, and didn't want to learn, why did you buy a manual transmission...?

lets make phelans good point, and simplify it. if someone came up to you and offered to give you 7-8 thousand dollars to learn how to drive stick, would you? i'd be surprised if anyone answered 'no'. well, that's the exact situation you are in, just reversed. so yea... just think about it.

I admire the fact that you wanted to get this car in stick despite not knowing how to drive it at the time, but honestly, i was pretty much in your shoes, except i had a probably spent a total of 3 hours practicing and just driving around in another stick shift car over the month or so before getting my own Z.


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