by "FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com" (alphaass)
Published 11/10/2017 at 20:07
by "FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com" (alphaass)
Published 11/10/2017 at 20:07
Tags: SUBARU FORESTER
STARS: 1
So while I was stuck in this 777 for 9 hours today, things happened back at Casa Headgaskets. My wife got a flat tire in the Outback so she decided to teach herself how to drive my car. This is good thing and I’m happy she took the initiative. I’m a little nervous about the final text she sent about it:
Getting on another plane (737) for 3 hours and the plan is she is going to pick me up in my car. Hopefully all goes well. The car has just over 60k, so if her learning does wear out the clutch I won’t be upset. So... manual transmission lesson story time in the comments that I’ll read when I land?
"pip bip - choose Corrour" (hhgttg69)
11/10/2017 at 20:19, STARS: 0
how many times did she try?
when i was learning to drive yeah i bunny hopped my parents car a few times, 2 of my brothers and me got our first lessons driving the Commodore. never burn’t out the clutch on it.
"E90M3" (e90m3)
11/10/2017 at 20:19, STARS: 0
While I didn’t learn on this car, I refined my manual skills on Sixt’s dime. After a flight which I didn’t sleep on, I got in the car in the parking garage and just started to drive. I was too tired to think about driving and just did it. When I got to Munich I started to freak out a little and could not drive it. My friend had to take over.
"DC3 LS, will be perpetually replacing cars until the end of time" (dc3ls-)
11/10/2017 at 20:28, STARS: 2
The ford ranger that was my first car had over half a dozen teenagers learn on it. (It was all of my siblings first car, plus some friends I though to drive stick on) and the only clutch related issue it had was a leaky master cylinder.
"SpeedSix" (speedsix)
11/10/2017 at 20:46, STARS: 1
My first experience was with Hagerty at one of their manual Driving Experiences , probably one of the more difficult ways to start out. That year, they partnered with the local British car club, so my first try was on an MG B with no torque.
I stalled countless times trying to keep the revs up, plus the seat wouldn’t adjust far enough forwards for my foot the push the clutch fully in because of a deep footwell. It probably would’ve been much easier in a modern car with torque, but I don’t have access to any car with a manual, and insurance is too expensive to consider buying one of my own at this time (maybe in a year or two). That said, it was a lot easier by the time the next (annual) Hagerty Driving Experience happened.
"BvdV - The Dutch Engineer" (dutchengineer)
11/10/2017 at 21:01, STARS: 0
As a very boring European I learned to drive manual during driving lessons in a diesel Opel Corsa. It had double controls (the instructor also had all pedals), as is normal for such a car. The double controls actually help to slowly refine your actions, as the instructor will slowly increase how much he/she helps you.
Actually my first time driving a manual was a day before my first driving lesson, in my dad’s Toyota Verso, because he wanted me to know how to pull away in a manual before I started driving lessons as to save time or something.
"diplodicus forgot his password" (diplodicusforgothispassword)
11/10/2017 at 21:02, STARS: 0
I learned on a hand me down ranger too. 91 to be exact. That thing wouldn’t die. I used to drop the clutch from 4k to roast one tire.
"Dusty Ventures" (dustyventures)
11/10/2017 at 21:05, STARS: 0
The first manual car I learned on was a floppy Cherokee on 35's and an absurd lift. It rolled around like a canoe at sea in a hurricane, but in the half hour behind the wheel I mostly got the feel for it, which was good because the next weekend I was going to Team O’Neil with Riff Raph and had to be able to drive their Fiestas. There were a few stalls that day. The third manual car I drove was a rally car that I stored for a friend for about a year. This was the first car I put any kind of real miles on, probably doing close to 2,000 in that year. It had a light switch clutch (on or off, no middle ground) and unboosted brakes, so it was probably the worst car to learn three pedal footwork on. It wasn’t for another year or so that I actually drove a regular manual car under regular circumstances (when I bought my Outback)
"Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing." (granfury)
11/10/2017 at 21:14, STARS: 0
It sounds like she had the good sense to stop before she did any major damage, so you’re probably OK. I let a friend drive the 525i and he did an amazing 5th-to-1st downshift- *poof* - clutch gone. He felt terrible, especially since he was not in a position to pay for the repair. I took it in stride, with my main disappointment being that it meant that I wasn’t going to make it to a quarter million miles on the original clutch.
Having learned my lesson, nobody gets to drive my Mazda...
"functionoverfashion" (functionoverfashion)
11/10/2017 at 21:20, STARS: 0
I learned on a small gas powered tractor. Then grew up driving manual Chrysler minivans.
"DC3 LS, will be perpetually replacing cars until the end of time" (dc3ls-)
11/10/2017 at 21:27, STARS: 0
In High school I was a delivery driver and would work late at night sometimes. I abused the hell out of that thing and the only problems it ever had were the MC (a few years after I moved out) and it had an intermittent electrical issue whenever it rained. But other than that it was rock solid.
"for Michigan" (formichigan)
11/10/2017 at 22:30, STARS: 0
My dad had an 88 Ranger he bought off my uncle, who had swapped a Thunderbird Turbo Coupe engine into it. My dad’s instructions to 9-year-old me were:
1. Disengage clutch
2. Rev to 3K
3. Engage clutch
I dropped the clutch and very nearly drove that truck through the deck on the front of our house. Didn’t drive another stick-shift car until college.
"merged-5876237249235911857-hrw8uc" (merged-5876237249235911857-hrw8uc)
11/10/2017 at 23:08, STARS: 0
If she’s stalling it, that means she’s not slipping it too excessively, so that’s a good thing.
"FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com" (alphaass)
11/10/2017 at 23:20, STARS: 0
The manual Ranger at work has put up with a lot of shit without any clutch replacement unlike the manual Cummins Ram we had for a while. The shifter itself has gotten sloppy AF. I made a comment about it a while back and someone said it was likely just bushings.
"FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com" (alphaass)
11/11/2017 at 00:38, STARS: 0
She’s not saying lol
"duurtlang" (duurtlang)
11/11/2017 at 01:50, STARS: 1
Sounds similar to my experience. A few months old 2000 Ford Focus turbo diesel with dual controls, owned by the driving school. A diesel like that is almost too easy. You can reverse it and drive in first with just the clutch, no throttle. If you’re easy on the clutch you won’t ever stall.
The first car I ever drove without someone on the passenger seat was a Citroën BX. Diesel manual too, but no turbo. That car infected me I guess.
"xsnowpig" (xsnowpig)
11/11/2017 at 08:17, STARS: 0
subaru manual transmission lesson: don’t try to back up a loaded trailer up any hill that is steep enough to let water flow. i never would have thought i could make that much clutch smoke come though the dash vents.
"BvdV - The Dutch Engineer" (dutchengineer)
11/11/2017 at 09:47, STARS: 0
Yeah, I remember parking and other such moves could all be done without application of any throttle (would make it very slow though)
I think driving lessons in a manual diesel are an experience almost everyone from Europe younger than ~40 with a drivers license shares.
Also, I’m glad the Toyota didn’t infect me, as the BX did for you, would have been boring being an MPV enthausiast, haha. (Actually, I drove an automatic 307 when I was 12, so maybe that did infect me)