Bah...another dead STI (soon)
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Originally Posted by kellie
Learning to drive stick on an old Bug will do him absolutely no good once he gets into the STi. My first manual transmission car was a 1988 Subaru RX, and I drove that thing for a good 6 months before I got my WRX, but when I got into the WRX, I was so used to the stiff cable operated clutch that the soft pedal and sensitivity of the WRX clutch was totally new to me. I definitely recommend driving and getting used to as many different types of cars and clutches as possible, but I really don't see a problem with someone learning stick in an STi.
I'd have to disagree here. I learned in a 73 bug. I took my drivers test in a 91 crx.
I had my wrx for 1 day. I drove it to the office and took my coworker for a drive. She has an 03. She got pissed because I was already smoother at shifting than she was and she'd had hers on the track already.
Experience with any stickshift will make adjusting to the sti easier. Not to mention that..having basic knowledge of downshifting and stuff like that will keep him safer while driving his new STI.
I can get into any car stick car and drive it. Just have to pick up the catch point in the clutch. My next project is learning how to drive a big rig. I eventually want to get a lisense in every kind. And if I get rich...in helicopters.
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Originally Posted by blue blurr
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Originally Posted by slagehammer
eh ... i'm sixteen and I have a 92' 3000GT vr-4 TT..
it's a 5 speed when I got it i just jumped in a drove away, only stalled like two or three times.. and within a day or two I was rev matching when downshifting
maybe this kid will be "natural" at it like me
it's a 5 speed when I got it i just jumped in a drove away, only stalled like two or three times.. and within a day or two I was rev matching when downshifting
maybe this kid will be "natural" at it like me I learned in my friend's mitsu colt and hachi. That felt like hell when I got it to buck back and forth. Maybe that's why they called that car a Colt...hehe
dibs on the hids..hehehe
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Originally Posted by OneManArmy
I told him to go borrow and old bug or civic to learn on.
Good advice. I learned on my dad's 1973 Karmann Ghia. That car is sweet. First time I heard of a long-throw shifter. Haha.
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Originally Posted by slagehammer
eh ... i'm sixteen and I have a 92' 3000GT vr-4 TT..
it's a 5 speed when I got it i just jumped in a drove away, only stalled like two or three times.. and within a day or two I was rev matching when downshifting maybe this kid will be "natural" at it like me
it's a 5 speed when I got it i just jumped in a drove away, only stalled like two or three times.. and within a day or two I was rev matching when downshifting
maybe this kid will be "natural" at it like me 
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I am thinking of getting a 20g, and I'll probably blow my WRX tranny with that power, so... I'll take his STi one!
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lol i really learned how to drive stick at the GM test drive car show lol i drove the stick the Vibe GT lol stall hella times and made it back haha.
then few practice on my friend's evo, after that it was my wrx. stall 2 times driving back from the dealer. after 2 days i was good.
then few practice on my friend's evo, after that it was my wrx. stall 2 times driving back from the dealer. after 2 days i was good.