I park in a parking garage that has 15 levels. I've never driven manual, but I'm thinking about getting one. I'm just worried that driving up the garage and down the spiral descending loop will be a pain in the ass, as well as parking in tight spaces. Can anyone tell me their experience with this?
Driving a Manual in multifloor parking garage
Luis Phillips
Thomas Sanders
I don't understand why every person that has never driven manual transmission thinks it's some sort of high difficult ritual to operate an extra pedal of the transmission god's. Dude chill out. There's nothing difficult about it. Think of it as driving normally just in a smaller space.
Luis Sanchez
I was afraid of this too when I first started to drive manual.
It's not a big deal unless you have to do an uphill start and the car behind you is literally less than a foot away from your bumper and you're really slow but you can fix that by using the parking brake technique
Noah Reyes
dont listen to them you WILL end up rolling backwards and fendering somebody
it will happen
Camden Brown
What makes you say that? That's like saying all new drivers crash their cars.
Gavin Turner
Maybe you just suck at driving.
I drive manual and my job requires me to drive manual I have driven thousands of manual cars on steep inclines with or without brake assist. And have never rolled back and hit someone.
Angel Murphy
this
Kayden Reyes
i've only had a problem with rolling like the first two weeks with a manual. I can get off steep hills with cars riding my bumper like it was NYC.
I still can't do the parking brake technique, at least not in any way that feels smooth.
Carson Reyes
Yes, you will have to switch between 1st and 2nd gear a lot, especially when the garage is narrow or busy
Gabriel Mitchell
you just wait until you feel the car pull a little then you let off the parking break... i do valet on a steep hill and i have to do this like 10 times a day because the spots are tiny