Looking For Some Info From You All.

[blown_turbo_tsi]

i'd say i could teach you standard in about an hour but um.... i live in el paso.... but go for the 5 speed..... much much better.... and lots more fun :3gears:

[cartman4040]

Originally posted by 92tsiawd84@Mar 25 2004, 09:27 AM
Why are you buying the car for?  Racing?  A daily driver?
The car will mostly be a daily driver (stored during the winter). Can't afford to pay for 2 vehicles (other car is a '01 Monte Carlo that my sister is buying from me). I won't be doing any extreme racing like hitting up a track. Maybe just messing around on the streets every once in a great while. I am buying this car with the intention of modding it up. It may start off stock, but there are things I would like to do to it as far as performance wise (speed, handling, etc).

If I could drive a manual, or had access to a vehicle that was a manual so I could learn, then I would definitely get a manual. Granted a friend of mine tried teaching me a long time ago (so I do know the fundamentals), I don't want this car to be my "manual learning experience"... as much as I want to replace a tranny do from too much gear grinding. :P

[Kracka]

Buy whatever makes you happiest...don't listen to what people say unless that is truely what you too believe. For ideas though...I learned how to drive manual cars by test driving used ones at car dealerships.

[blown_turbo_tsi]

and my friend thought i was weird for test driving random cars!!!..... i'm not the only weird one here!!! :banana:

[CVD]

I learned on a 2G GST at metro mitsu. Hope no one here bought that car :stick:

[blown_turbo_tsi]

i learned in a mazda miata and my dad's truck...... with a lot of torque!

try the miata.... sport tranny is really nice and easy for those first gear woes!

[Matt D.]

I learned to drive a stick when I test drove a '80 Capri 5.0 with a 4-speed. Only killed it once when I was in reverse backing out of a driveway. Don't get discouraged, if you already know the fundamentals the battle is half won. Each car has a different clutch so it's practically a new learning experience each time you drive a different manual transmission.

[cartman4040]

Yeah, I'll more than likely borrow my dad's S10 and try to learn on that. He'll be curious to know why I all of the sudden want to learn how to drive a stick... then when I tell him that I'm going to sell the Monte and get an import, I'm pretty certain he'll roll his eyes at me quite a few times (he's a hardcore american muscle guy). Hahaha!

[A//// Guy]

That will be nice when you say hey want to race and you leave him in the dust :3gears:

[cartman4040]

Originally posted by EclipseTurbo@Mar 25 2004, 04:02 PM
That will be nice when you say hey want to race and you leave him in the dust :3gears:
Yeah, it would be interesting to see how the GSX I want would hold up against his Chevelle. LOL!