Stick Shift Thread

Is it worth learning manual if assholes cut you off as I heard you are suppose to leave some space between you and the car in front of you?

Other way around. If you're on a hill and somebody is on your ass you can roll back into them if you're not paying attention.

If you are driving it in traffic all day just get an automatic. Stop and go traffic will rape your clutch and make you want to kill yourself.

There are no hills here in Florida so I can get over that but there is constant stop and go traffic.

Guess my next car will be another automatic.

I live in Los Angeles and drive a manual. Stop and go traffic isn't that bad.

>Stop and go traffic isn't that bad

I can't think of a place without stop and go traffic unless you work on a farm.

Rush hour is brutal for me.

Live in SF. I never owned a manual car, but would it be less infuriating if I had a car with an "easy" clutch? Based on my understanding and assumptions, a light clutch that provides good feedback without being overly numb or stiff, yet still engaging. I forgot what car I tried to learn on, but the clutch just felt like a on/off switch and could not figure it out. I have no clue what cars are considered easy to drive, except maybe miatas.

Hill starts. Feathering the throttle and the clutch at the same time. Takes some practice to get it right, but once you do it's like riding a bicycle, you never forget.

>tfw so used a 5 speed and bought a 6 speed i sometimes still go into 6th to reverse.