Is It hard to learn to drive a stick ?
rideboardr asked:
im gunna be driving in a year and all my older friends tell me to get a manual car. Are they really faster than an automatic? and is it hard to learn how to drive one it seems so complicated you gotta shift with one hand step on the clutch with another.. driving already seems hard enough… what should i do im kinda leanin towards a Manual 1995 bmw 328is they have um in both manual and auto witch is better in your oppinion …? stick/auto
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6 Responses to “Is It hard to learn to drive a stick ?”
If you don’t know how to drive now, the rest of us on the road would prefer it if your priority on transmissions weren’t based on which is faster.
Stick shift cars are not automatically faster than automatic equipped vehicles; in fact, most automatics will out accelerate a standard shift from a standstill. The stick shift will usually be faster at the top end (but where do you get to drive at a hundred and thirty miles per hour in this Country?) and be a little more fuel efficient.
If you’re not comfortable with the necessity of holding the wheel with your left hand, shifting with your right, depressing the clutch with your left lag while simultaneously stepping on the gas (or brake) with your right, there is an easy solution. It’s called “automatic transmission” - I’d stick with the automatic if I were you. Good luck!
Learn to drive with a stick first, you never know when you are going to need to know how - and sticks are usually cheaper and easier on gas mileage.
While it is easier to drive a manual - once you learn on a stick it sort of becomes second nature…
Not if you have a basic understanding of how it works. Driving a manual shift can be fun but, they are no longer the fastest way to go. I switch back and forth from a manual pickup to a automatic mini van to a regular motorcycle to an automatic in a scooter with no problems. Each one is different, it’s just a matter of getting used to them. Best thing is to sit in the car and with the engine off, visualize what you would do as you drive the car from a start going up through the gears and back down again. When you can do that fairly well get someone to drive you to a large empty parking lot and practice starting and stopping in first gear only. As you get to doing that smoothly try shifting to second and then stopping and shifting back to first. When you can do that smoothly work up through the gears and back down again. When you can do that, go for a drive. Be sure to pay attention to how fast your engine is turning in relation to the speed of the car in each gear and use the appropriate gear for a given situation. First or second to go around street corners. third or fourth for 45 mph turns and 5th, if you have one, for freeway cruising or anything over about 45 depending on the car. My truck will run along at 35 mph in 5th, my bike must be in 4th or lower to do 35 mph with 6 gears to choose from. Good luck in your choice.
I don’t know where you would start.
Learning how to drive a stick isn’t hard at all. I never learned until I was able to drive friends’ cars in college, and even then it only took a couple days to get the basics down.
Manual transmissions aren’t any faster at all these days. In fact, most automatics are a little quicker. What Manuals definitely are is more fun than autos. That, and you can have the brakes last longer by engine braking instead of relying on the brakes all the time to slow down.
I would suggest having an automatic as your first car, and then learning to drive a stick later. In the first couple years of driving, it’d be better to have a chance to learn the rules of the road fully and get that experience with dealing with traffic, without having to worry about shifting as well. After a couple years when you’re comfortable with driving, then learn how to drive a stick. At least that way you’re not trying to learn two things at once.