teaching stick shift
Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2003 8:24 pm
I have a friend who wants to learn how to drive a manual transmission. Trouble is we don't have a three pedal car easily at our disposal, which the owner wouldn't mind being thrashed a bit by a learner. If one were to obtain a car with standard transmission for learning, which would be better. A small car with a small displacement engine, or a big car with say a large displacement V8 engine (read iron block 302 Windsor here, or something like that - an old fashioned pushrod motor)? I'm thinking a torquey V8 might be easier to learn in, because you'd just keep in it in gear and not shift it as much. You could run a V8 in 3rd for example at low speeds and it wouldn't stall out. Also anyone have some good tips for teaching stick shifting to someone?