Learning to drive a stick shift

[Minstang]

My female cousin gets a job at UPMC parking cars! Good for her. Unfortunately for me she can"t drive a stick and I'm a bad teacher. I'm taking her to Somerset this weekend to learn on my dad's Altima.....wish me luck!

[speedracer]

Rev limiter... side step the clutch... win :pepper: Good luck

[Minstang]

Rev limiter... side step the clutch... win :pepper: Good luck
Yea, she doesn"t get it. She's not the smartest girl in the world. I thought about taking her on the quad and teaching her "gas - clutch" but my brother has a race quad and my dad's quad is automatic. It's gonna be a long horrible weekend....

[95V6]

No offense but how did she get the job without knowing how. I would assume any parking attended would have to know how to drive both auto and manual.

[Minstang]

No offense but how did she get the job without knowing how. I would assume any parking attended would have to know how to drive both auto and manual.
My aunt works at UPMC...

[95V6]

I see. Well good luck non the less.

[bgblockelcamino]

we need pics of female cousin

[SonofaBish]

Wow... She better learn, and learn quick.... If some doctor gets outta his porche and she can't properly park it, she's gonna be in a world of $hit...

Good luck anyhow :D

[Steve-0]

Wow... She better learn, and learn quick.... If some doctor gets outta his porche and she can't properly park it, she's gonna be in a world of $hit...

Good luck anyhow :D

X2 I hope they have quality insurance coverage for her sake. :bouncy:

[travj31]

I dont mean to be rude, but this is BS. Bish is 100% correct. I'm no millionaire, don't have a Porsche, but everything I do have I have worked hard for and take great care of it. The last thing I would want is some girl burning the clutch up in any of my cars... beater truck or new sports car. Tell your aunt to get her a job answering the phone!


Wow... She better learn, and learn quick.... If some doctor gets outta his porche and she can't properly park it, she's gonna be in a world of $hit...

Good luck anyhow :D

[bgblockelcamino]

still in for pics

[Terminated]

Pics or lock it up!

[gpfarrell]

I don't think its a real big deal she got the job without being able to drive a stick.

Most everything I own is a stick and I do occassionally use valets. It doesn't bother me a bit to see one valet notice it's a stick and then run and grab a more experienced driver to move my car. And without fail, that's what they do. I've never seen a valet smoke out a clutch... not saying its never happened, but with so few stick-shifts on the road this is really a rarity.

I give the girl credit for taking a job knowing she'll have to learn something that probably 75% of today's drivers can't do.

[Minstang]

we need pics of female cousin
Sex sells. I agree, unfortunatlely for u I don't pimp my family out. Go to Jenna Jameson's website and see if she made a video w/ a creeper that dresses as a parking attendent :goodidea:

[Minstang]

I dont mean to be rude, but this is BS. Bish is 100% correct. I'm no millionaire, don't have a Porsche, but everything I do have I have worked hard for and take great care of it. The last thing I would want is some girl burning the clutch up in any of my cars... beater truck or new sports car. Tell your aunt to get her a job answering the phone!
Agreed! I didn't hire her ass. Corporate America did! I'm teaching her this weekend. I hope it works out...

[Minstang]

we need pics of female cousin
There will be no pics of my cousin posted. Really?

[Minstang]

5-spd training went well this weekend. I took her to a parking lot. Explained the basics, she got in the driver seat and pulled right out! So I said "Sweet, same concept in reverse and don't forget clutch in then brake! We go back to the house and my dad asked how it went. I explained all the aforementioned and people that can't teach do. Thanks Daddy for helping me out!!