Not everyone is born with coordinated independence right away. For some of us, it takes time to master.Not sure why people have problems with a stick shift, if you have two feet and the ability to put one foot in front of the other and walk, you can shift. Perhaps we have too many Beta males that can't start going uphill with a stick shift.
Wait - you’re drinking coffee with all that????Much prefer stick though have had adventures with ankle and arm injuries. And then there's the added motion of coffee, shift, shift, shift, coffee, when driving city streets.
Wait - you’re drinking coffee with all that????
i only used the Escort to go to work, mostly freeway driving. When they shut down SR 315 for the rebuild a few decades ago, and I had to navigate downtown Cbus during rush hour and stopped traffic, my left hamstring would cramp up with all of the clutching.
My first cars (MGB & Mustang) were 4 speed. Since than only automatic . My wife has had many knee surgeries so can't use a clutch.
Sticks are the best for anti theft as most youngsters can't drive them...
A college roommate and I took his 4-speed 1964 Comet from Daytona Beach to Orlando (about 60 miles) to a drag strip. He tore out the clutch racing. He drove us back by using the starter to get us going and shifting without the clutch. It was easy on the interstate but there were a lot of red lights getting to and from the interstate. You had to turn off the ignition at every stop and then use the starter with the car in gear to get going.I remember guys shifting their stick shifts without using the clutch. At the right RPMs you could upshift, I think, around 4000 and downshift at around 2000. Throw it into neutral as you approach a stop. Pretty stupid thing to do.
Some people, including me, enjoy shifting. It used to be that standard transmissions delivered better gas mileage when driven correctly, but that varies today by model of car,with much more advanced automatic transmissions being available. The base price of most standard shift cars is usually significantly cheaper than an automatic. So to each his own.Purpose of a car is to get from point A to point B. Nothing else, can drive either but automatic serves the purpose, why mess with shifting when you don't have to.
I didn't know. That is not a trick I have ever tried.You can downshift without a clutch. It's just harder than upshifting and takes more throttle control. You have to rev it more and catch it at the right time as the revs are coming down.
You can downshift without a clutch. It's just harder than upshifting and takes more throttle control. You have to rev it more and catch it at the right time as the revs are coming down.