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haha same. first day of my shift i had to gas up a 08 civic si, i straight up told my manager i didnt know how to drive stick and he said ill figure it out
haha same. first day of my shift i had to gas up a 08 civic si, i straight up told my manager i didnt know how to drive stick and he said ill figure it out
there's a reason driving schools charge so much - you're not only paying for their experience, time and knowledge, you're also paying for the opportunity to borrow their car to learn. that means you can stall the shit out of it and it's pretty dandy, because you paid the instructor/school accordingly
offering somebody on here 40/hr is, no offence, an insulting price. i'm willing to bet most members here make at least half that figure at work, and you only need one or two 45 minute lessons - meaning the most "I" would pocket is $60, about 1/3 of which will be used to pay for the fuel you used in that hour and a half, so i leave with $40, a roasted clutch and an hour and a half of my time gone
see what i'm getting at here?
if you actually want to learn how to drive stick WELL, you're going to need to be willing to put more money into it then that. either from a reputable instructor who has a vehicle to teach you in, or from buying a used manual car than you can learn in. my tip for you would be to search on CL for the cheapest, most beat up car with a manual tranny that still runs. get a buddy to run you through the basics, hop in for 3-4 hours a day and you'll have it down by the second or third day. that way you can screw with the tranny and the car until you're confident you can drive stick, and you don't have to rush yourself to learn in a rush to return a member's car to them
learned manual with first civic, had a nice learning curb with a race clutch on a 300zx next. then i learned how to drive on a incline the first time with a race clutch
its pretty easy, takes about a week to dial down the shifting.
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Bought my first manual car (VW Passat) and the seller taught me manual after the money exchanged hands. Took 20 minutes to get a hang of it and learned hills when I had to drive my mom to a friends house in a hilly area. Or yeah, get a POS and work from there. Posted via RS Mobile
40$ an hour isn't bad, clutch on my car takes about an hour re/re... eBay f1 kits are 100$... I doubt anyone's that bad that they would kill the clutch in 1 sitting
but I didn't factor in gas and actual labour in time, someone might want to do it as a favor or to help you out if they have a beater car Posted via RS Mobile
I taught myself how to drive my manual car that I bought.. haha my mom kept asking my why I buy a manual car when I dont know how to drive it...
1st day, I got use to how to get the car moving then drove around the block. This was about 2-3hrs all together and called it a day.
2nd day, I took the car onto the main roads and went to the mall and stuff.. Felt good.
3rd day, I took a challenge.. drove to Boundary and Hastings to do the hill climb challenge... first I did the ebrake thing a few times to get use to the roll back.. then after few tries it was a piece of cake...
My AFC gave me an ABS CEL code of LOL while at WOT!
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there's a reason driving schools charge so much - you're not only paying for their experience, time and knowledge, you're also paying for the opportunity to borrow their car to learn. that means you can stall the shit out of it and it's pretty dandy, because you paid the instructor/school accordingly
offering somebody on here 40/hr is, no offence, an insulting price. i'm willing to bet most members here make at least half that figure at work, and you only need one or two 45 minute lessons - meaning the most "I" would pocket is $60, about 1/3 of which will be used to pay for the fuel you used in that hour and a half, so i leave with $40, a roasted clutch and an hour and a half of my time gone
see what i'm getting at here?
if you actually want to learn how to drive stick WELL, you're going to need to be willing to put more money into it then that. either from a reputable instructor who has a vehicle to teach you in, or from buying a used manual car than you can learn in. my tip for you would be to search on CL for the cheapest, most beat up car with a manual tranny that still runs. get a buddy to run you through the basics, hop in for 3-4 hours a day and you'll have it down by the second or third day. that way you can screw with the tranny and the car until you're confident you can drive stick, and you don't have to rush yourself to learn in a rush to return a member's car to them
he said $40/hr and he's looking for 1-2 45minute lessons. That means there's still change left from that $40 hahaha
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i agree that $40 an hour is a little low but to all of those that are complaining about burnt out clutches and blown transmission, that is being a little unrealistic.
i learned manual on my m3. i would teach you but you need to supply the car.
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learned manual on the first day of my job. stalled, and almost rolled a 6 series down the hill at bj bmw, while trying to find the reverse before engaging the e-break and getting a lot guy to pull it out for me. lol
I think your best bet is to get a manual car you can kick around with. Then whether it be RS members or friends they can teach you for free or pay them for their time.
A friend of mine taught me the basics with his car. Then I bought a 1981 tercel with moldy seats for $500 to practice. I did this because I got a job as a Lot Boy and I'm not going to mess around with someone else's car.
You can try on my Suzuki in july when I'm back in town. $40 includes 1 beer and nachos. Location: triangle road. Low range and diesel can't get any easier.
I pretty much had to force myself to learn manual after I switched cars. It was either drive the thing around and learn or take public transit.. After a bunch of youtube videos, mall parking lot practices and a few months later, I finally nailed it
It takes time and it's just like riding a bike.. once you get the hang of it, you can pretty much drive any other car out there. Once I knew for sure how to drive manual, that's when I started working in dealerships, or rather the automotive industry in general
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