Stick Shift Practice?

Question

What type of place should you go (deserted neighborhood, empty street) to practice driving stick shift so you don't have to risk crashing into other cars?

Answer 1

After hours or on Sundays at you local school parking lot.

Answer 2

An empty parking lot would be good. Practise starting off without gas many times so you will get used to the idea of holding the clutch at the biting point for a moment. Practise reversing without gas too, the reverse gear ratio is usually lower than first gear. Most new drivers will release the clutch once the car moves, causing the engine to stall.

Practise moving off and stopping using first and second gear, as well as changing gears while turning with one hand. After that I think you are ready to start practising slowly on small suburban roads, with an experienced driver of course, and slowly picking up speed and using all the gears.

Answer 3

well i dont know where you live but i live on a farm i just started driving and  i caugth on quick, have been drving tractors for 6 years atleast but still took a bit but i caugth on quick

Answer 4

The Countryside (of USA) is a good practicing choice for Manual Transmission Vehicles. Another will be a wide car parking lot.

I live in Penang, Malaysia, and living on a dense island means it's not easy to find space for practicing such driving. So what I did was to practice at the open-air car parking lot of the Municipal Youth Park, after the evening crowd left the area. It would usually be about 7pm, when the place is almost totally dark, that's where I did my practice. I learnt my footwork, my handwork and my "night-sight" through that manner. I upgraded my drivings by indirectly learning skilled and rigid drivings. which requires a lot of practice to master such skills. (As a practice driver, don't attempt rigid driving. You may injure yourself badly or even kill yourself!) Today, as an automotive personnel, I can drive all kinds of transmission shifting for a normal motorcar, manoeuvre the vehicle through very tight areas and now practicing UK driving standards

(using the SI units rather than of the Imperial System), one of the hardest-to-follow systems in the world. (driving in UK, certain parts of Europe and even Iceland is unpredictable. Accidents may occur due to unfamiliarity of road conditions.)

Answer 5

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A deserted area.

To achieve a high HIGH DEGREE OF CLUTCH CONTROL in a short period of time....

1) move off in 1st gear without using any gas; do this a number of times until you are proficient.

2)now move off in 2nd gear without gas until proficient. If possible in your vehicle try 3rd...this is very difficult

The idea is for you to feel and hear the biting point as you bring the clutch up - reacting by adjusting the clutch position as you feel and hear those changes - and repetition will familiarise you swiftly. Using 2nd and 3rd(?) will hone those skills.

Also, moving off and stopping frequently - because of the low speeds involved - will give you more confidence and familiarity with stopping the vehicle as speeds increase.

Once moving off is mastered, changing through the rest of the gears smoothly and with mechanical sympathy should not present a problem.

Depending on what car you drive and whether you are in a LH drive or RH drive will depend on how you "palm" the gears.

Take your time and concentrate on smoothness and as much mechanical sympathy as possible.

Skilful use of the gears depends on accurately matching the gear to the road speed.

I've used this technique with student drivers' with no experience through to driving professionals to good effect in a short period of time, to improve their skill level.

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Answer 6

empty parking lot on a weeknight or weekend. it worked out good for me.