Teaching someone to drive a stick in your car

[kywes@bellsouth.net (Wes Brockway)]

I was interested to see this was a method used by others. I've used this
method with my wife and children to great success and my son had used it on
his girlfriend.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Gordon Forbess" <gforbess@att.net>
To: "Brian Haygood" <theonlyred16v@hotmail.com>
Cc: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2002 1:38 PM
Subject: Re: Teaching someone to drive a stick in your car


That's an excellent tip.  I didn't realize dealers were still teaching
people to drive sticks.  Thought they were just selling auto trannies
to the people who grew up without clutches in the family.  I have
bunch of nieces and nephews and a couple of sisters-in-laws that do
not have a clue about the 'other' pedal.

On Thu, 16 May 2002 16:57:36 +0000, you wrote:

>I tought a ton of people to drive stick when I worked at the dealership.
>Here's a nice trick that is educational for the driver, and easy on the
car:
>
>The first thing you should have them do is to get the car rolling without
>touching the gas pedal.  Tell them to let out on the clutch pedal very
>slowly, and watch the tack/listen to the engine.  If the engine gets jerky
>or slows down, the put the clutch pedal back in just a little.
>
>Almost everyone who started out this way got it on the first or second try.
>It works really well because it gives them time to think about what is
going
>on, and makes them focus on the goal behind using the clutch pedal.
>
>From there, just have them make slightly faster starts with the gas pedal
>slightly depressed.  A few iterations later they will start figuring out
how
>the gas pedal relates to the clutch, and from there it's just a matter of a
>minute or two before they are making decent starts.
>
>Got this idea from a friend, and it works beautifully.
>
>BH

Gordon

75 Mk I/Drake 1.9
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