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shakran, yeah sure they're expensive on the imports, but so's the air freshener at walmart. You never thought about using the local air freshener on an import have you?

And anyone learning to drive a stick with an import is in for a HUGE bill.

Reverse is not like gear three because you can't take off on gear three but it has the potential of driving as fast as if the vehicle was engaged in gear three ... did that make any sense?

I'll be honest, I learned how to drive a stick with a '90 Honda. Uber cool car, but in my '01 Malibu, I never went higher than 2500RPM's so I figured in a vehicle roughly with the same amount of HP should run the same. With imports you obviously HAVE to be an experienced driver so you won't need my begginners guide.

kinsaj, yeah, the best option is to learn with an experienced driver in the passenger seat. But that is never the case for some people when you have waaay to many things to do and you only have a weekend to get the basics down. So yeah, don;t just jump into it. Get to know what's going on at first.

And I very much doubt you would let a newbie touch your truck with a 28 1/2 foot pole let alone drive it.

fatboss, Think back to when you first started the car while still engaged in gear and then tell me if you never shit your pants.

How I got it down was I had to practice at a hill here at my work place. Going up, letting the car roll back down and back and forth.

Yes B_G, you can just step at the clutch and the brake but that's for the pros who never had to stall twice before jerking the car forward. Also, the clutch being engaged is not so much of a good idea, which is why if your in heavy traffic you can just engage it. If you won't be there for long, then you can just keep your foot at the brake and the clutch while you engage first gear and wait for the light to turn.