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Crayon 06-12-2015 07:00 PM

Driving school to learn man
 
I'm wondering where I can go to learn manual. I know I can fork out a couple hundred to buy a beater and learn myself with that, but I don't want to deal with getting rid of it afterwards.

EDIT: how do I edit the title, I accidentally a word

i-vtecyo 06-12-2015 07:52 PM

Shifting Gears Driving School | Vancouver, BC


Or if I can teach you with my car for a lower rate =P

Hehe 06-12-2015 08:10 PM

Borrow/rent/buy an old manual beater.

I learned how to not stall it in 30min, and can comfortably drive it without ever worried how to start it in a week whether it's uphill/downhill... etc.

Best of all, it's like riding a bike, you don't really forget about it once you learn.

RevYouUp 06-13-2015 01:46 AM

Trying to think of something cheeky to say...

SpuGen 06-13-2015 08:56 AM

$500.

Includes:
- start/stop
- Hill starts
- Rev-Matching
- Heel-Toe
- 2+ Hours of real driving.

Serious offer.

i-vtecyo 06-13-2015 08:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SpuGen (Post 8647755)
$500.

Includes:
- start/stop
- Hill starts
- Rev-Matching
- Heel-Toe
- 2+ Hours of real driving.

Serious offer.

with the mr2?

SpuGen 06-13-2015 08:29 PM

No. With my daily CRX Si

NOBODY touches the MR2. Not even me, currently :cry:

BrownBear 06-14-2015 12:41 PM

Driving school to learn man
 
I'll teach u 50$ n gas money.

Tone Loc 06-14-2015 04:15 PM

Round up some friends who also wish to learn, pitch in for a $500-$800 beater and have at it... sell it or junk it once you are done lol. Better yet, ask a friend who owns a manual car. The wear and tear of one person who is slowly learning (maybe an hour of driving) over the course of the lifetime of the clutch (usually 100,000km+) is negligible... on normal cars, that is. And if you are learning on an easy car such as a Honda Civic it is nearly foolproof. I taught my GF how to drive manual in a Civic and it took her less than 20 minutes to get the hang of starting in first and going into second, both on flat roads and gentle inclines. Only smelled the burning clutch smell once!

nma 06-14-2015 04:26 PM

ask some people here, offer some beer / money / gas.. im sure someone will take you up on it.. I would but I have an e82 i don't want to ruin lol

multicartual 06-14-2015 04:42 PM

Manual is extremely easy to learn once you get over the fear of being embarrassed when stalling :)

6o4__boi 06-14-2015 04:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RevYouUp (Post 8647718)
Trying to think of something cheeky to say...


lol title does it for you
:troll:


i learned how to drive manual on a 1985 ford fiesta my dad bought for $150 or something like that...car was barely together but we still managed to trade it in for a mountain bike after we were done with it LOL

just find any beater on cl...they're everywhere. just make sure it holds for at least a couple of days

bcrdukes 06-14-2015 04:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SpuGen (Post 8647910)
NOBODY touches the MR2. Not even me, currently :cry:

Why? :suspicious:

vitaminG 06-14-2015 05:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Crayon (Post 8647606)
I'm wondering where I can go to learn manual. I know I can fork out a couple hundred to buy a beater and learn myself with that, but I don't want to deal with getting rid of it afterwards.

EDIT: how do I edit the title, I accidentally a word

just buy the car you want and get someone to drive it home for you and teach you on your own car. thats how everyone i know learned.

your probably not going to blow up a clutch unless youre really bad.

Matsuda 06-14-2015 06:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vitaminG (Post 8648088)
just buy the car you want and get someone to drive it home for you and teach you on your own car. thats how everyone i know learned.

your probably not going to blow up a clutch unless youre really bad.

that's what I did, my miata is my first manual car and practice makes perfect. The more I drive, the better I'm getting at it.

SpuGen 06-14-2015 09:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bcrdukes (Post 8648086)
Why? :suspicious:

Because life isn't fair. And.
Mileage. 60kms/day to/from work
Noise complaints from neighbour. Singular.
3 other cars to build.

swfk 06-14-2015 11:06 PM

Just buy the car you want to buy that's manual as the first step. Bring a friend that can drive manual while you do.

Learn on a hill first, flat road learning will not teach you properly.

Two weeks dailying it everyday and you'll get the hang of it.

mickz 06-15-2015 12:48 AM

When I learned manual, a friend and I pooled our money together and bought a $500 4th gen Civic (off Revscene actually) and a friend helped us drive it home. After getting him to teach us the basics it took us a couple hours to figure out the rest.

3 months later we sold the Civic for $500. Basically it just cost us insurance, gas and one oil change.

ilovebacon 06-15-2015 02:36 AM

it was embarrassing for me to stall on a busy street.. started sweating as i got more nervous lol

asian_XL 06-15-2015 03:37 AM

Lansdowne mall is where I learned manual

6o4__boi 06-15-2015 07:20 AM

my final test was,
if you can start on Boundary and Hastings, you can drive manual.

nma 06-15-2015 09:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by swfk (Post 8648228)
Just buy the car you want to buy that's manual as the first step. Bring a friend that can drive manual while you do.

Learn on a hill first, flat road learning will not teach you properly.

Two weeks dailying it everyday and you'll get the hang of it.

learn on a hill first? sounds like a great way to burn the fucking shit out of your clutch. I would not advise.

The_AK 06-15-2015 09:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nma (Post 8648078)
ask some people here, offer some beer / money / gas.. im sure someone will take you up on it.. I would but I have an e82 i don't want to ruin lol

off topic but I thought it was up for sale!

nma 06-15-2015 09:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The_AK (Post 8648305)
off topic but I thought it was up for sale!

sold it to the gf :D

ilovebacon 06-21-2015 05:13 PM

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