my bandit

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im 18 but still live at home (full time college and part time job) and i have an A4 Trans am now, i found a really good deal on an M6 vette (before you say anything...all of this is being paid for by me, none of there money is paying for it) but my parents are saying that driving a stick is going to be too hard and that i wont be able to do it. so is it really THAT hard?

rtr2001ss

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No it's not too hard. But for someone starting out in a manual, could get frustrating till you figure it all out. In my opinion everyone should know how to drive stick, that way if necessary you can drive any car.

puggerton03

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the 6 speed in my 02 z28 is the easiest to drive manual tranny ive ever driven. got to be similar in the vette.

TheBlueKnight

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Do you ride motorcycles or quads? Because I was used to riding a dirt bike, when I starting driving manual, it was easier because I could corralate the hand clutch and throttle on the motorcycle to the clutch pedal and gas pedal on the car.

And my 25 year old friend had never driven a manual before, just had an auto truck. And I taught him how to drive my manual car in a big empty parking lot in under an hour. He had it down pretty decent, and he isn't necessarily the sharpest tack in the bunch either.

JohnFrazee02SS

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Corvette 6spds are very easy to drive if stock. Now go put a twin disk clutch it might get alittle harder just because the clutch is harder to push in.

00 black ss

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I started driving a dirt bike with clutch wen I was 14 then got my ss with a stick at 17 and learned in 5 minutes. Really easy to learn. As long as u no what to do and watch somebody do it just hop in and go.

retardedpenguin

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No, I just hopped in and went..These are the easiest cars you can learn to drive stick on aside from a diesel truck. The gears are real tight which is nice. The first thing I ever learned to drive was a manual nissan truck when I was 9 or so..

Also keep your T/A, shifting does get kinda old.

therobman

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its simple a cammed car is a little bit of a challange because you have to be on and off the clutch more often to make it not surge or buck at lower rpms other wise its a piece of cake. dont listen to the guy above autos shouldnt be in street sports cars there so boring nothing like rowing your own gears

MattxFatal

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No it's not that hard.

And yes, indirectly THEY'RE paying for it.
Eitherway, can't give you too much **** since you're making the right choice by going to school.
Get ahead while you can.
-Matt

lemons12

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T56s are VERY easy to drive.. Only thing that is as easy that I have personally drove is a honda civic that a Hondas and most are harder.

They are most definitely not easy to launch while racing however.

retardedpenguin

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The thing I hate about honda's is that I can shake the shifter 5 inches either way while IN GEAR.. My friends civic is so loose. It seems like it would be really hard to find the gears like that.

01 Trans-Am WS6

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Easy squeezy lemon peezy

CranMaro99

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I was wondering why a lot of cars, newer too, are like that. That should not be allowed lol. My friends new-ish Audi (2007 model year) has a shifter that wobbles around IN GEAR really bad and it has like 15k on the odometer. WTF

He shifted the gears in my car the other day and was like "WOW!"

HWI

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Has someone had their *** handed to them by a stalled auto?

elias_799

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i know what you mean, it would seem like it is in neutral when it is in gear

what you need to do is replace the bushing, it is under the car bellow the shifter.

lemons12

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Good thing fbodys are not sports cars.

Nothing like cutting 1.4 sixty times NA in a full weight street car DD....

slingshot928

My acura integra was a pain in the *** to learn on, and the shifter was still a little loose even after a short throw and the bushings were put in. It is just the way the shifter is designed, the front wheel drive cars the shifter is not directly on top of the transmission so you will be able to move it around a little without putting it in gear.

sundaydriver

Yes it is! I have 2 6 speeds & a 5 speed with all having a different reverse placement.

eseibel67

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Old 4 speeds or 3 on the tree (younger guys aren't even familiar with the term, I'm sure) were a pain in the *** to drive.

The new style 6 speeds have internal linkage and a hydraulic clutch slave. They are a breeze to drive. Hell, my wife even takes it out when no one's looking.

90TSiAWD

This is ignorance.


And yes very easy. I say get the Vette im looking to upgrade as well.