# New Car for NickAlero2000 **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Automotive\ **Created:** [July 18, 2009, 4:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-car-for-nickalero2000/245518 "2009-07-18T16:01:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 45
**Author:** ![OsoiNA6](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/osoina6/32/6301_2.png) [@OsoiNA6](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/OsoiNA6)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2009, 11:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-car-for-nickalero2000/245518/45 "2009-07-18T23:34:15Z")
> [@FS: Bills vs. Jaguars Tickets](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-bills-vs-jaguars-tickets/20631/3): > > Don’t try to learn on a newer car, the electronic throttle makes it a pain in the ass if its your first time. > > It also helps to know what you are doing when you are driving the car. Learn what the clutch does, learn how the gears in the transmission work, etc. Then you’ll know exactly what your inputs are doing to the car rather than “oh, this pedal makes the RPM’s do gown” :lol > > I technically “learned” on my car, and it was my first stick shift car. However, I grew up riding dirtbikes and quads and things of that nature. My family had a bunch of land and I always rode their quad when I was little, and tons of my friends had dirtbikes that I rode often as a kid. So way back in the day I learned how to operate a clutch and manually shifted tranny, and when I got old enough to drive I knew pretty much exactly what I was doing. When I bought my SS Cobalt, I got in it at the dealer with 9 (yes nine) miles on it, never have driven a stickshift car in my life, and drove the car home. :lol And nope, I did not stall it, not once. Good story, you deserve a cookie --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-car-for-nickalero2000/245518)._