so i always wanted my gf to know how to drive manual cars, incase sometime im feeling lazy to drive or any other reasons.

but letting her practice on my car hurts my feeling...everytime she stalls, feels like someone just punched my heart...i tried not to say anything, but of course i do make corrections. after few times, she did well, but still needs more practice. im sure many of you guys taught your gf/wife how to drives stick, any experience like this?

is it bad to stall the car many times in short time of period? im sure its bad, but how bad... just worries me...

 

maybe have someone else teach her? A good teacher can get someone from stalling pretty quickly

 

haha, every girl ive ever dated had known how to drive a stick. i dont think id have it any other way since im single, my next girlfriend better know how to drive a stick too

 

go to a dealership and test drive a brand new car. That way you can drive a new car and also teach her without hurting your clutch.

 

Take her to an open lot and have her feel out the engagement point on a clutch by having the hand brake up a few notches. It's tedius, but once she knows where it engages, she'll know when to apply the gas.

Constantly stalling a car shouldn't kill your car, it just makes the engine die. I'm not sure if there are any lasting effects, but it does feel crappy when the car sputters violently.

 

yea i tried to tell her to slowly get the feeling of the friction zone, and when the car ROCKs(like keeps jumping forward) feel like the car is going through a tough time... but yea thanks for share informations.

 

rent a car and have her thrash the clutch in that....

 

I still kill my car once a week and I learned to drive a stick when I was 13 and have driven stick since. Thanks to my lightened flywheel and grippier clutch. :sigh:

 

lol I try to teach her but shes skurred and just dont get it!

 

I still stall occasionally. I drive an automatic during the week and sometimes I space and forget what I'm doing when I'm driving my wrx.

 

when i first read the title to this thread, i thought she ruined your tranny.

-Ave

 

yeah tell her to take her time. I've taught two chicks how to drive stick, and its terrible, the most brutal engine-killings I've ever seen. If women can't treat you're cars stick properly, how will they treat yours?

By the way, multiple kill-restarts of the engine may drain the battery. Not sure how bad, but I was running it close in the jetta.

 

damnit! how can i NOT quote this for the truth!?

 

HAHAHAH thanks i will take my time teaching her

 

thank god she didnt lol