I was driving my uncles car home today... boy I need to practice! Last last week I did fairly good taking off but today was so bad, stalled once, it jerked alot... and got honked twice. I hate it especially when people are right on your *** waiting for the light, I was rolling backkkk and than *BEEEEEP*. At the end end I manage to do okay... how can I improve my launching skills. I seem to let go of the clutch the fast hmm...

rev higher like a motha****er

find out the point of engagement on the clutch. let the clutch out without reving the car and when you see the RPMs starting to drop or feel the engine starting to stall ... that is where the engagement point is.

so when you drive, let the clutch out and just before that point start to rev the car and you'll get smooth starts

LIKE I ALREADY TOLD U...JUST REV REALLY HIGH TIL U GET USED TO WHERE THE CLUTCH ENGAGES

So instead of revving to 1500 and releasing the clutch early, I should rev to 3000 and let it go? Interesting.

Don't look on the tach! trust ur self

the clutch and the gas-pedal are one motion, not two. think of the two like a sea-saw ... one goes up the other goes down.

Just practice!
Yesterday I drove an old *** MR2 stick, it was funnnnnnnnnn, wooooooweeeeeeeee

if your comfortable w/ looking at the tach...

rev at 1.5 rpm... slowly release the clutch, and slowly give it more gas as you release the clutch....
i taught swtaznillusion (TODAY)... she never stalled... she impressed me...

good luck...
basically, it just takes practice...

Took me 2 weeks to figure out how to drive it. =(

I guess I was being nervous seeing a car right behind, less than 2 ft away which is illegal btw, and than when I was rolling back I was like oh ****.

So what do I do now?

Rev to 3000ish and than slowly release the clutch?
Doing the one motion thingy is hard, especially when the clutch is so stiff.

took me a whole month to get used to an automatic... my first 2 cars were standards (in the philippines 95% of the cars on the road are standard ) ... whenever i slow down to a stop, i kept grabbing the AT shift **** hehe... and letting go of the gas while letting the AT shift... go AT woot woot! hehe...

practive MT by finding a nice hill and stopping, going, stopping and going... when i got my license (i was 14 lol!), it was a bitch parallel parking on a steep incline!

ignore the tach and just play footsie with the pedals... you'll get used to it! and oh, tip for you, wear thin-soled shoes so you can feel the pedals (don't wear them boots or nike shox hehe)

Sorry I don't have thin sole shoes, I was wearing boots, and I have a pair of shox (why did I buy em )

Whats the difference feeling the pedals?

I like the tach, whats the difference not paying attention to it.

purchase a car of ur own first!!!...lol....then learn how to drive stick....just playin

well it's nice to get a feel for the pedals, so you know exactly how far your letting go of the clutch and how hard you're stepping on the gas...

well it's better to keep your eyes on the road, than on the tach right? try not to depend on the tach too much since different cars have different biting points (i dunno how you call it).. like in my family's maxima, you barely have to rev up to get started

Okay... where do you step on the clutch on your foot to get best control to release it slowly...

hahaha.. i hate it when ppl tell me to keep it under 1500RPM...
3000RPM is the way to go.. IMHO.. i rather peel out of first than stall hahaha. i dunno if ur uncle would mind ..

I don't think so, hes getting a new car soon, its a 89 accord anyways... Leaving the gas station (it was on a slant, and some guy was right behind), damn I chirped the tires...

Ever since i've learned driving a stick, I"ve always changed gear at 3000.

lolz... grumpy i hear u baby ur car ... like u havent hit Vtec yet!!

after awhile it becomes natural...
sorta feels like driving auto...

You gotta just get the feel of your car, it just takes time.

btw, I shift at 8500rpm

hHAHAAHA. ya man. for sure!
serious. dunt even know wut vtec sounds like...

It goes "bap bap bap bap bap bap bap bap bap bap bap bap bap bap", used ivtec a few times on the 407 since its AT! Luckily for overdrvie

Yea, its a repetitive sound, but it was stock cr-v.

Muahahaha I can drive stick! Stalled once in the Honda parking lot and thats basically it, FORGET THE TACH! I did soooo good, minimal jerkiness, and I was shifting at 4k lol.

i just shift when u feel the engine maxxing out
how many of u guys do that??