Thanks for the tips guys. If the clutch doesn't engage until about 50-75% out then why do they make it so it has so much travel in it? I think I might be better at it now if I don't press right to the floor. It's just that everything I read said press clutch fully to the floor before changing gears, so that's why I started learning that way. So I will practice a lot going from idle into 1st gear and hopefully get used to the engagement point without thinking about it. Hope I don't grind any gears