I want to learn to drive manual transmission and my plan was to rent a manual transmission car. Car rental places seem to only have automatics so no luck there. No one that I know of drives manual.Any suggestions how I would go about learning manual?
My first car had a manual transmission. I know they are very hard to get the hang of! My best advice is to just relax.don't worry about how well you do to begin with because those things definately take some practice. The biggest part to me was working the clutch and gas without stalling the car. Took me almost 3 months to get it down perfect! You just have to make sure you give it a tiny bit of gas before you release the clutch all the way and release the clutch slowly or you will stall. It will come natural to you before you know it.Good luck!!!
It should not be changed (advice from my friend)
Why do you want to do that? I have had the same tranny fluid in my S-10 since i bought it in 95 and its still full and bright red. You really shouldn't need to change it.
If you want to save yourself money and time and the stress of buying a beater take Manual Lessons. Best thing I've ever done. Took 3 lessons, each one was 1 hour. I learned the basics and was driving manual without problems end of the 3 lessons. After I got my manual car i just picked up with things and gained experience. I don't need to think about anything, manual is so easy now.
Driving a manual transmission vehicle isn't that difficult, the tricky part is learning and remembering all the different gear patterns. Reverse has 6 different locations depending on the gear shift pattern. A manual can only explain how it operates, you can't feel it. A manual transmission vehicle requires a lot more attention than an auto. You have to be able to feel and hear the engine rpm's increase, just as you release the clutch. To much rpm's, you smoke the tires and not enough, you stall the engine. How the clutch feels can vary from one vehicle to another. Is it an easy clutch that engages at 1/2 the belt travel, or is it firm and has a lot of travel be engaging. So, you can read about it in a book, but until you actually get to drive one, do you start to appreciate automatics. Don't get me wrong, I'm now slamming manual transmissions, been driving them for years. If you want performance and economy, a manual trans. is the way to go. I enjoy the simplicity of putting it in drive and driving, no more shifting. Hope this helps. Christopher
