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re: How can I learn to drive stick today?
Posted on 4/13/14 at 6:40 am to DownshiftAndFloorIt
Posted on 4/13/14 at 6:40 am to DownshiftAndFloorIt
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I suggest a dodge diesel truck. Sounds dumb, but a diesel is by far the easiest thing to learn on. They're very hard to stall out.
"Very hard to stall out" has not been my experience with VW's 2.0 diesel. Get too slow in too high of a gear when coming up on a stop and it quits without warning. Let the clutch out too fast and it quits without warning. Etc.
My Mazda and the stickshift Hondas I've driven were more forgiving. VW's clutch is pretty smooth, though.
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Posted on 4/13/14 at 6:45 am to just1dawg
I should add that I learned to drive stick in my sister's Civic by easing it up and down our driveway. It didn't have enough torque at idle to really move the car so you had to add gas otherwise it'd die if you just tried to slowly let the clutch out. Of course I was sneaking behind her back to do this because she really didn't want me driving her precious little car.
Posted on 4/13/14 at 10:04 am to just1dawg
Well a VW is a little different than a truck with 700 ft-lbs of torque 
I test drove a truck with a standard before I really knew how to drive one. I was very interested in it so they didn't care. Ended up not buying it though because it blew a line on the oil cooler on the test drive and almost blew up
I test drove a truck with a standard before I really knew how to drive one. I was very interested in it so they didn't care. Ended up not buying it though because it blew a line on the oil cooler on the test drive and almost blew up
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