Bought Z Cant Drive

Lloydy · 02-28-2010, 03:21 PM

In the UK we get tought to drive stick when we get driving lessons. If you chose to, you can learn in an auto, but, if you take your test in an auto, you are only licensed to drive them, by law you are not allowed to drive a stick, that would require taking another driving test.

Hence my amazement that people are buying this car having never driven stick and are using it to learn

Vegitto-kun · 02-28-2010, 03:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Lloydy

In the UK we get tought to drive stick when we get driving lessons. If you chose to, you can learn in an auto, but, if you take your test in an auto, you are only licensed to drive them, by law you are not allowed to drive a stick, that would require taking another driving test.

Hence my amazement that people are buying this car having never driven stick and are using it to learn

Its the same here. I find it dangerous. messing up with a stick in a sports car is worse than with say a clio

Jeffblue · 02-28-2010, 04:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Lloydy

In the UK we get tought to drive stick when we get driving lessons. If you chose to, you can learn in an auto, but, if you take your test in an auto, you are only licensed to drive them, by law you are not allowed to drive a stick, that would require taking another driving test.

Hence my amazement that people are buying this car having never driven stick and are using it to learn

I learned on my friend's '87 300zx. i will perfect my driving on my 370Z. if you regardless of how much driving experience you have, you're gonna have to get used to the car sometime. its not like someone who gets this as their first MT is some kind of lost cause. they'll practice on some other car for 2 days. big deal. then they can get used to their Z. I give them credit. They are betting 30-40 grand that they will be able to learn and it shows that they feel confident that driving an MT is something EVERYONE can do (just like everyone who drives one says "its so easy i dont understand why everyone can't do it.' these people are saying 'screw it. i can learn"

cruzmisl · 03-02-2010, 10:54 AM

I think the best thing I can recommend to someone learning clutch (I recently went through the same thing), is that when you hear some strange noises, PUSH IN THE CLUTCH and try again. Better to do that then to force anything or stall the car.

It'll take a while to get the muscle memory down--hell, I'm still working on it and it's been just over a month.

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03-02-2010, 10:54 AM	#4 (permalink)
cruzmisl Base Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Hillsboro, OR Posts: 122 Drives: 08 G37S 6MT Rep Power: 16	I think the best thing I can recommend to someone learning clutch (I recently went through the same thing), is that when you hear some strange noises, PUSH IN THE CLUTCH and try again. Better to do that then to force anything or stall the car. It'll take a while to get the muscle memory down--hell, I'm still working on it and it's been just over a month.