How many like 6MT but cant drive stick?

zZSportZz

Learning to drive a stick is really easy IMO. You should pick it up quick. Once you understand the mechanics of it, you just have to do it. I pretty much taught myself on the fly when I borrowed a friends car in highschool lol way back when...

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Spikuh

If you do decide to learn to drive stick on the 370z, I would advise doing it with SynchroRev off. Otherwise, its like learning half a skillset for a job...which just won't do.

Not to mention, what will you do if/when you drive a stick car that isn't a 370z? Best to leave the potential embarrassing occurences at home.

vater

I learned how to drive manual on my RSX. I remember trying to drive it off the dealer's lot the day I got. Yeah that was a big fail, it was harder than I thought it would be. my dad ended up taking over and showing me the basics. I drove around the block w/ my dad and picked it up decently, or so I thought. The drive home from my dad's was the worst, out of 18 traffic lights 17 of them were red lights... just my luck. I ended up stalling 4-5 times.

Once I got to my apt complex, there's a slight incline at the gate... I stalled the car as soon as I entered in the gate code and I guess I kinda panicked cause I could not get it to move without stalling. At the time I was afraid to give it any gas while the clutch was up so I would pick up the clutch too fast and stall it out (since it would start rolling back). cars behind me started building up and honking lol. luckily my neighbor was one of the cars behind me and saw the paper plates, so he assumed i was just learning how to drive manual. I had to have him drive the car into my complex for me . it was pretty embarassing. that same night I went to an empty parking lot and practiced. Weeks later I had no problems, even on hills. It'll just take a while for your shifts to get smooth once you learn the coordination and feel of the clutch. be patient.

m4a1mustang

I bought my new Mustang GT without ever having driven stick before. We signed the papers and had the salesman drop me off in a parking lot with the car. I figured it out and drove home.

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XtremeX

hmm, I been driving auto all my life up until recently bought a 2008 350z fully loaded Manual Trans. Most my friends that live near me drive auto all their life to so no help there. Well, what I did was 2 hrs prior to picking up my car at the dealership. I went on youtube learn how to drive it on there so . I don't think it really that hard, you may stall your car a few times but you get it. Now i'm driving '09 370z Fully Loaded w/ Nav. just pickup at the dealership wednesday of last week. Good Luck and Happy Manual-ing.

MetalPiotr

I also plan to buy a 6MT, but have never driven a Manual. None of my family members or friends own one so I have no way to try it.

Supragtsxr

Wow thanks for all the great information guys. I'll definately go with a stick. I recently went for a test drive and brought my mom (luv my mamma!) along with me. I was too nervous to drive a stick Z so I let her take me out for a spin in it lol. First of all, I was shocked she could drive a stick. Secondly, while we took it for a spin around the block we stopped at a couple of red lights. She stalled the thing out twice lol. It made me wonder if stalling the car does any damage to it?

phelan

I don't see an issue learning on a 370z. I do think that the SynchroRev option is a great training wheel, as you don't have jerky downshifts ruining your confidence. So I would probably try to learn manual on the 370 with SR option on, so you get used to how the car should be responding when you downshift. Then go out to a big ol' parking lot or unused stretch of road and practice with SR off.

I wish the US required driving skills tests to be taken in manual cars...

ct63084

Learning stick is easy all you need to do is be dedicated, I learned to drive a manual with my evo and its a hard car to learn stick on. The transmission is notchy the revs goes down really fast because of the AWD and 2nd and 3rd is always jerky unless you slowly let go of the clutch. It took me about a month to get used to it. It's going to be frustrating and embarrasing at first there where days were I wish I bought an automatic, hills is going to be hard at first I suggest get use to the clutch for at least two weeks before you try it out on hills. But man once you learn it you would have so much fun and you won't wanna drive automatics anymore, also suggest that you turn off the synchro rev when you are learning to help you learn how to properly upshift and downshift with the car. Other than that goodluck and don't let anybody bring you down for being a noobie on manual cause everyone has been in your position before.

Pheonix

Stick is all I've ever driven...and what amused me is when I came back from the first test drive the sales manager (not my salesman) actually tried to talk me out of the manual and into an automatic, using the argument that "it was faster". I'm sure the fact that its also more expensive had nothing to do with it.

jakoye

Why?

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Alexus

It's all a matter of preference in this day and age. The automatic will consistently outperform the manual on a day-to-day basis; no one I know can shift up or down faster than the Z's 7-speed automatic. Hell, I don't think Michael Schumacher can do it as smoothly, either.

Don't let anyone talk you into getting one or the other. Get what you want, or you will not be 100% satisfied in the long run. The so-called 'fun-factor' is non-existent for me in a manual transmission car. There's only so much more fun you can get out of rowing through gears. I'd much rather have both hands on the steering wheel and the pedal to the floor.

Oh, and definitely don't listen to those who need to row through gears to justify their manhood; they've already lost. Also, don't listen to those who say that real sports car have sticks. They obviously haven't spoken to F1 racers, Le Mans racers or even the Porsche or BMW auto-x'ers.

Also, I don't understand those that say people should learn to drive in manual transmission cars (or it being required). Matter-of-factly, ten or so years from now - with the evolution of dry-clutch automated manual trannies - manual cars will be a special-order at-cost option, at best. Ford PowerShift in the $15,000 Fiesta is only the beginning. SRM is effectively the beginning of the end for conventional manual transmissions.

The primitive need to row through gears is one that dies in the mid-thirties, believe me. By then, the need for a manual transmission car will be purely economical, not fun-based.

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billydsz

I got automatic because it's got the paddle shifters behind the steering wheel and I'm sorry but that's just very cool. Also did you know that you can downshift (to help braking or to take off faster) with the auto shiftknob still in D (using the paddles)? Another really cool feature. I drove a stick for years on my two Mustang GT's, and I do love the feel, but the auto tranny in the Z along with the ability to drive it in manual mode and be able to change gears on the fly while still in auto was the better option for me.

shabarivas

you and I both

Endgame

I learned to drive manual in an 91 S13 240SX coupe. I learned to drive in the parking lot of the used car dealership. I stalled a few times after that, but once I got my SR20det new flywheel and clutch and finished my converstion, I never stalled it again. That car got me HOOKED on MTs...