Driving lessons

Yeah one day I will be driving around, causing havoc

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Originally Posted by N!ck

It's not though as you don't have a clutch.

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It's mint without the clutch, no stalling!

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Originally Posted by N!ck

Gears are easy. They are there for fuel efficiency, acceleration and speed. Lower gears will make you accelerate quicker but you can't go so fast in them. Higher gears accelerate more gently but you can get to a higher speed in them.

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That's not really good advice for now, instructors want you to be in the best possible gear at the right time. Like 3rd for 30mph, 4th for 40mph and 5th for 50mph+.

When you're starting off, you literally have the clutch down, push gently on the accelerator until you get to about 1500rpm (or 1 and a half on usual speedos) and gently lift the clutch and when it starts moving you push down more on the accelerator.

It only took me a few months to get used to it, so about 6 lessons.

And I strongly disagree with you Metric., automatics should be the choice and the manual car should be the standard car you learn in. Plus automatics hate my driveway, really badly. They sort of stall at the bottom, the car can still rev, but it just doesn't move..

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Originally Posted by GommeInc

That's not really good advice for now, instructors want you to be in the best possible gear at the right time. Like 3rd for 30mph, 4th for 40mph and 5th for 50mph+.

When you're starting off, you literally have the clutch down, push gently on the accelerator until you get to about 1500rpm (or 1 and a half on usual speedos) and gently lift the clutch and when it starts moving you push down more on the accelerator.

It only took me a few months to get used to it, so about 6 lessons.

And I strongly disagree with you Metric., automatics should be the choice and the manual car should be the standard car you learn in. Plus automatics hate my driveway, really badly. They sort of stall at the bottom, the car can still rev, but it just doesn't move..

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All that depends on the car's engine, the gear ratios, the surface you're driving on and how you feel like driving. Gears aren't a one size fits all thing.

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Originally Posted by Metric1

It's mint without the clutch, no stalling!

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meh its personal preference, personally i think there is more control in a manual and it's a bit more elastic (drive auto if you learn in manual, doesnt apply vice versa)

tbh i was good when i started, never had lessons besides my mom riding with me when i had my permit. im just naturally a good driver i guess.

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Originally Posted by N!ck

All that depends on the car's engine, the gear ratios, the surface you're driving on and how you feel like driving. Gears aren't a one size fits all thing.

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Duh, but during driving tests they don't usually let drivers drive in fields or in snow and that's usually the gear ratio for the cars you drive during tests, they don't really allow sports cars :P

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Originally Posted by GommeInc

Duh, but during driving tests they don't usually let drivers drive in fields or in snow and that's usually the gear ratio for the cars you drive during tests, they don't really allow sports cars :P

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True, but my instructor had a 1.6 Astra, and at home i practised in a 1.2 Clio. The gear ratios were different, especially 5th gear.

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Originally Posted by GommeInc

That's not really good advice for now, instructors want you to be in the best possible gear at the right time. Like 3rd for 30mph, 4th for 40mph and 5th for 50mph+.

When you're starting off, you literally have the clutch down, push gently on the accelerator until you get to about 1500rpm (or 1 and a half on usual speedos) and gently lift the clutch and when it starts moving you push down more on the accelerator.

It only took me a few months to get used to it, so about 6 lessons.

And I strongly disagree with you Metric., automatics should be the choice and the manual car should be the standard car you learn in. Plus automatics hate my driveway, really badly. They sort of stall at the bottom, the car can still rev, but it just doesn't move..

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You don't have to learn how to drive an automatic.. they're pretty idiot proof, you put the car in P (PARK) when you are stopped and getting out, R (REVERSE) when you want to back-up and D (DRIVE) when you want to go forward. Also, how do you stall an automatic? I stalled my car once and that was because there was something wrong with the transmission.

took me about 5 lessons
to start driving around and not be so worried..
and used to pulling off etc.

now im just waiting for a test date ;).