   Driving with a clutch
  How many of you guys drive a car with manual transmission?When I get my license, the car I''m going to be driving is a manual 5-speed.  I''ve gotten practice with the clutch from time to time, but I''m still a bit "jerky" when switching gears.  How long does it take to develop that smoothness when changing gears? 
  do cars with manual transmission also have a manual clutch? ;  I do!  I''ll never buy a car that isn''t manual if I can avoid it - it''s just not as much fun.  I''d say after a few months you can be pretty smooth at shifting gears, if you''re driving often.  The hardest part to get down is starting and stopping.  Once you don''t stall out in first anymore, or do the Bucking Bronco (where pop the clutch too fast and your car jerks back and forth alot), you''re a long way there.all manuals have a manual clutch, except for some of the speed-shifting cars or whatever they''re called that can be driven either manual or automatic.  They have the little shifter (I think most are only 4 speed) which doesn''t require holding in the clutch. ;  It really doesn''t take long. I was only iffy about it for around a week. My first day of driving a stick I had to drive to work. That went okay but when I tried to leave I couldn''t get my car started. A bunch of people offered to push, I had to tell them I just didn''t know how to drive, how embarassing. The moral is, pratice for a day before driving to work, or your co-workers will laugh at you. ;quote:Original post by griffenjam  It really doesn''t take long. I was only iffy about it for around a week. My first day of driving a stick I had to drive to work. That went okay but when I tried to leave I couldn''t get my car started. A bunch of people offered to push, I had to tell them I just didn''t know how to drive, how embarassing. The moral is, pratice for a day before driving to work, or your co-workers will laugh at you.Don''t you have to, uh, get a licence before being allowed to drive to work? ;  Call it a 'stick-shift', ok? You drive a 'stick shift' or a 'standard', not a car with manual transmission. Doesn't sound right.   "Few creatures of the night have captured our imagination like vampires..."  Godsmack: Vampires.  (c) 2003 DigiAC   - My solo company in progress.   [edited by - Drevay on July 23, 2003 5:25:12 PM];  In the UK it''s called "normal". ;quote:Original post by Drevay  Call it a ''stick-shift'', ok? You drive a ''stick shift'' or a ''standard'', not a car with manual transmission. Doesn''t sound right.   "Few creatures of the night have captured our imagination like vampires..."   Godsmack: Vampires.   (c) 2003 DigiAC- My solo company in progress.   [edited by - Drevay on July 23, 2003 5:25:12 PM]Yeah whatever Actually standard does sound better anyway.I''m not very bad with it, its just that sometimes I''ll be stopped with cars behind me and the car will stall, because I popped the clutch too fast.  Starting and stopping is the only thing thats really jerky -- everything else is ok.  ;  The only person in the world who''s unable to drive a normal car is Maureen from Driving School. ;  I can''t think of a car that has automatic transmision. Almost all cars in Holland are manuals, so I learned driving in one. I really got the hang of it after 4, maybe 5, lessons (1 lesson a week). I have my licence for 10 months now, so swiching gears goes like: 1...2...3...4...5...DAMN going too fast >_<. You''ll get the hang of it, just practice until you feel confident with it. 