Reply to Where to learn to drive manual transmission?

Forum Index » Travel Discussion

Reply to "Where to learn to drive manual transmission?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Test drive a car with a manual transmission and take it to a parking lot and learn. Or rent a car from Hertz or something. You don't need lessons, it's very easy unless you're driving a truck or bus.  
 
 
[/quote]

Not for everybody.  I am not coordinated--I can drive a manual because I learned on one--but it took me forever![/quote]

Me too- I blew out the clutch in my mom's car trying to learn!  I eventually did but am jealous of those that could pick it up in a day.....

[b]Anyway, practice practice practice before driving a manual overseas.  You want it to be second nature, not an additional thing to worry about.[/b][/quote]

So true.  My best friend and I spent 2 weeks in Ireland after graduation.  We agreed that we would split the driving--until we found out that it would cost $100/day extra to rent an automatic.  She asked if I would teach her while we were over there.  I agreed--again, until we got there.  Then all of a sudden I was trying to remember what the correct side of the road was for me to be on.  And I found that many roads aren't really 2 lane roads, more like 1.5 lanes.  When I had to back down the mountain to let a car pass, we both agreed that driving in Europe was complicated enough for us and teaching her to drive a manual was not a good idea.  [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics