# POAL: who can drive a manual WELL? **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [December 20, 2006, 10:19am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/poal-who-can-drive-a-manual-well/21914 "2006-12-20T10:19:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![snowracer101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@snowracer101](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/snowracer101)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2006, 10:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/poal-who-can-drive-a-manual-well/21914/81 "2006-12-20T22:02:41Z")
I can drive a stick better than an automatic. In an auto car I play with the gas pedal too much so it’s always changing gears. No joke. I suck. ---
**Author:** ![focusinprogress](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/focusinprogress/32/7227_2.png) [@focusinprogress](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/focusinprogress)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2006, 10:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/poal-who-can-drive-a-manual-well/21914/82 "2006-12-20T22:03:19Z")
> [@vq30de](#): > > I bust my ass 17+hrs a day at school. When i leave, i just want to get home. auto\>manual for that purpose… for me its the opposite. having the manual i stay awake for my drive home. with the auto beater for the winter i find myself struggling to keep my eyes open. i LOVE LOVE LOVE manual. im pretty damn good at driving upshifting/downshifting/rev matching and launching. ive just recently started attempting heel/toe and left foot braking. not quite comfortable yet, but i might try autocross this summer and take the beginner course to get aquainted. ---
**Author:** ![Dex](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/dex/32/7210_2.png) [@Dex](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dex)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 12:01am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/poal-who-can-drive-a-manual-well/21914/83 "2006-12-21T00:01:52Z")
> [@sedlmeier101](#): > > I can drive a stick better than an automatic. In an auto car I play with the gas pedal too much so it’s always changing gears. No joke. I suck. word. i have the same damn problem. my gf hates when i drive her focus because of the gas milage it gets. stupid thing is constantly changing gears. ---
**Author:** ![Paulo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/paulo/32/7328_2.png) [@Paulo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Paulo)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 2:37am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/poal-who-can-drive-a-manual-well/21914/84 "2006-12-21T02:37:16Z")
i have a problem with my car, but that’s just because the clutch feels like a damn pickup truck. most cars i drive very well. But I have to be trying to drive my car smoothly. ---
**Author:** ![drvnkd](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/drvnkd/32/109615_2.png) [@drvnkd](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/drvnkd)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 4:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/poal-who-can-drive-a-manual-well/21914/85 "2006-12-21T04:32:11Z")
i have problems with autos, in that i start to lift off just before the auto decides to shift. it gets annoying. i dont do the traditional sytle heel toe with my cav. the pedals are close anough that i can use the ball of my foot. left side for the brake and right side to hit teh gas. i’m still not as smooth as i would like in my shifting, but its a cavalier… so its probably mostly the car… :lol: ---
**Author:** ![JaysGreenLX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jaysgreenlx/32/7321_2.png) [@JaysGreenLX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JaysGreenLX)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 6:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/poal-who-can-drive-a-manual-well/21914/86 "2006-12-21T06:14:19Z")
Manual is all I drive. ---
**Author:** ![turbo\_ls1\_ss](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/turbo_ls1_ss/32/7303_2.png) [@turbo\_ls1\_ss](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/turbo_ls1_ss)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 9:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/poal-who-can-drive-a-manual-well/21914/87 "2006-12-21T09:10:22Z")
when i wear work boots, im usually dont drive the car smooth… hehehe slipping the iron disk is fun :pimp: ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 9:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/poal-who-can-drive-a-manual-well/21914/88 "2006-12-21T09:16:40Z")
> [@turbo ls1 ss](#): > > when i wear work boots, im usually dont drive the car smooth… hehehe > > slipping the iron disk is fun :pimp: when i change shoes my driving suffers for the first few minutes bacause of sole thickness. When my foot is in the same place in 2 different shoes the clutch is in 2 different positions. ---
**Author:** ![layzie](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/layzie/32/7599_2.png) [@layzie](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/layzie)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 9:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/poal-who-can-drive-a-manual-well/21914/89 "2006-12-21T09:20:50Z")
> [@turbo ls1 ss](#): > > when i wear work boots, im usually dont drive the car smooth… hehehe > > slipping the iron disk is fun :pimp: lol iron disk are fun. ---
**Author:** ![MaximaSE98](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/maximase98/32/7600_2.png) [@MaximaSE98](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MaximaSE98)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 9:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/poal-who-can-drive-a-manual-well/21914/90 "2006-12-21T09:25:36Z")
whenever I drive my fiances car i always go for the clutch and it never seems to be there… ---
**Author:** ![Zong](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zong/32/7580_2.png) [@Zong](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Zong)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 9:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/poal-who-can-drive-a-manual-well/21914/91 "2006-12-21T09:58:08Z")
> [@Helidrop](#): > > I’d like to say I drive stick decent …I’ve only been doing it for 1.5 years. I don’t think I’d go back to automatic unless i had too. I need a real man to teach me how to drive stick like a badass, skunk didn’t do that job properly :-P. Fortunetly i haven’t made the 5-2 money shift HAHAHHA (sorry i had to) Jeeeeeeeez, talk about going for the balls ---
**Author:** ![SkunkApe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/skunkape/32/7575_2.png) [@SkunkApe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SkunkApe)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 10:19am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/poal-who-can-drive-a-manual-well/21914/92 "2006-12-21T10:19:06Z")
> [@Helidrop](#): > > I’d like to say I drive stick decent …I’ve only been doing it for 1.5 years. I don’t think I’d go back to automatic unless i had too. I need a real man to teach me how to drive stick like a badass, skunk didn’t do that job properly :-P. Fortunetly i haven’t made the 5-2 money shift HAHAHHA (sorry i had to) how did i not see this… wow… bitch 😛 HAHAH badass? HJAHAHA yea… real man right there :lol: 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![MikeRi24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@MikeRi24](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MikeRi24)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 10:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/poal-who-can-drive-a-manual-well/21914/93 "2006-12-21T10:28:18Z")
id like to think im pretty good at it, but its been a while since ive owned a car with a manual. I would like to have another, and prefer it over auto. HOWEVER, having owned one car that was stick and one pickup truck that was stick, i would NEVER want another stick truck again. just seemed like a pain in the ass to me. only thing about the Porsche that made me wish it was an auto was the fact that it had no cup holders… but in general, stick \>\>\>\> auto ---
**Author:** ![StairSRT4](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/stairsrt4/32/7585_2.png) [@StairSRT4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/StairSRT4)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 12:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/poal-who-can-drive-a-manual-well/21914/94 "2006-12-21T12:58:45Z")
I hate driving autotragic…I get bored. Shoes do matter in my smoothness. Highheels FTW 🙂 I seriously can’t drive stick in sneakers very well. ---
**Author:** ![Southtowns27](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/southtowns27/32/5002_2.png) [@Southtowns27](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Southtowns27)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 1:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/poal-who-can-drive-a-manual-well/21914/95 "2006-12-21T13:17:12Z")
> [@Shockwave179](#): > > Ever tried putting a heavy boat back on a trailer and then pulling it out of the water? Having to hold the e-brake, give it gas and go every single time you pull a large boat out of the water would suck. Ever tried towing a 10,000 lb. trailer around on the hills out here in the southtowns? I never need the ebrake to help me get the truck/trailer moving. And I do 90% of my towing with a 1970 F-350 dually stakebed (that weighs 8500lbs by itself) with no power brakes or power steering. I really don’t see what the issue is. Try doing this regularly with an auto and kiss the TC or clutchpacks goodbye. Standard 4L ---
**Author:** ![legend4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@legend4life](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/legend4life)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2006, 3:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/poal-who-can-drive-a-manual-well/21914/96 "2006-12-22T03:44:56Z")
> [@LXTASY](#): > > I love stick so much I converted my SHO from an auto to a manual. I like to say I took a car that was already seriously badass and made it more badasser… :word:, I did the same thing. And I had another car which was auto for my DD and I’m selling that for a manual DD as well. > [@Jon](#): > > I need to work on hills,its the only part of stickshift driving I suck at.Im always adfraid of rolling back because some asshole gets too close and I dont want to fry the clutch by letting it out slightly to hold the car back. You pretty much HAVE to let the clutch out a bit to hold the car right before releasting the brakes so you don’t roll back. Or use the e-brake, but you’re not gonna burn the clutch just letting it out to hold the car for an instant. > [@sedlmeier101](#): > > The thing I hate the most about 5/6 speed is, when girls want to drive. “I got another stick for you to drive :P” ---
**Author:** ![dawn](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/dawn/32/7209_2.png) [@dawn](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dawn)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2006, 5:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/poal-who-can-drive-a-manual-well/21914/97 "2006-12-24T17:16:32Z")
I prefer standard to automatic. ---
**Author:** ![redrum](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/redrum/32/7398_2.png) [@redrum](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/redrum)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2006, 5:42pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/poal-who-can-drive-a-manual-well/21914/98 "2006-12-24T17:42:44Z")
i can rock sox driving manual. unfortunately my saab is ahh-toe. blah. new car soon. ---
**Author:** ![Sc1chik](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sc1chik/32/7243_2.png) [@Sc1chik](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Sc1chik)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2006, 5:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/poal-who-can-drive-a-manual-well/21914/99 "2006-12-24T17:52:56Z")
> [@sedlmeier101](#): > > I can drive a stick better than an automatic. In an auto car I play with the gas pedal too much so it’s always changing gears. No joke. I suck. yeah i definitely do that too. sigh. driving stick \> auto. i feel weird when driving auto. ---
**Author:** ![rj-92](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rj-92/32/7310_2.png) [@rj-92](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/rj-92)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2006, 6:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/poal-who-can-drive-a-manual-well/21914/100 "2006-12-24T18:23:20Z")
> [@MPD47](#): > > Yes, I can. Though it usually takes me an hour or so to get readjusted to “street” driving as the Jeep is auto. However, if you toss me in a manual car on a race track I can just jump in and go and be fine. It’s sad how much smoother I am in that enviornment than on the street. Same here. Heel and toeing on the track = no problem. Driving the Jetta in traffic = a lil jerky. Figures… [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/poal-who-can-drive-a-manual-well/21914.md?page=4) [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/poal-who-can-drive-a-manual-well/21914.md?page=6)