Learning to drive a manual....

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ford06
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I am taking a the advice of a lot of members on here and gonna try to learn how to drive a manual.....then plan to buy a manual ZX3, or SVT. Anyone willing to help me learn? None of my family has any clue of how to drive a manual. and the only friend I would consider to teach me was the one with all the drama on here......
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I would like to help you. I was teach by the great one from the far east. His name was たかはし. He teach me very well of the driving style people call touge. If you can handle it I teach you the way of my people from the far east. You will learn many skill in driving. As my people would say
幸運を祈ります! 　
IT'S A FOCUS NOT AN FUCKING EVO!!!!
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Louis Zerr
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lox222 wrote:I would like to help you. I was teach by the great one from the far east. His name was たかはし. He teach me very well of the driving style people call touge. If you can handle it I teach you the way of my people from the far east. You will learn many skill in driving. As my people would say
幸運を祈ります! 　
This reminds me of a joke i heard once, "How can you tell if Asians are moving into the neighborhood? The Mexicans are buying car insurance." :lol:
Slower than your stock focus.
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ford06
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lol' I just wanna learn how to drive a manual.
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focinite
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the best way is to find a gravel road. the gravel is more foregiving of heavy gas footedness. 8)
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just give it plenty of gas when starting out
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CleanZX3
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Its easy. It takes about a full day of driving it to learn.
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lox222
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focinite wrote:the best way is to find a gravel road. the gravel is more foregiving of heavy gas footedness. 8)
I never thought of that. I would just go to a nice big parking lot and take some time to learn. That what I did.
IT'S A FOCUS NOT AN FUCKING EVO!!!!
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Monkey-Gein
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i'd do it but i ain't got a manual. i don't remember when or how i learned, that's how easy it was. when my old friend would teach people he'd say, let up on the clutch till it starts to bog, then give it some gas and let off the clutch more. don't worry, it'll be fine, you'll get it right away. you'll be pretending to be fast in no time....
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I'm planning to work on the Jetta on Friday, if I can get it to run again I'd be more than happy to help out. PM me if you're interested.

I've heard over and over again that a VW is the best to learn clutch on.
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pantera1
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Both my girls learned to drive manual with my F350 Turbo Diesel....hell...you don't even have to give it gas while letting out the clutch. Very forgiving.

Good luck to ya ford06.
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tgnorman
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Love to help teach, you would have to promise to be nice to my clutch however.
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ford06
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tgnorman wrote:Love to help teach, you would have to promise to be nice to my clutch however.

lol. I dont know how to drive one, so I dont know how I'll be.
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Monkey-Gein
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I think my blue hatch is by far the easiest car to drive I've ever driven, with a manual...
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