washington951

my girlfriend doesn't drive a clutch. how can i change that? we've done some time in my 951 but its just too heavy to learn on. when we were in mexico last year we had some little box that had an EASY clutch, but we just didn't have enough time. you can't hardly rent a standard transmission car here in the states.....whats a girl to do?!

(ps - she found a '99 996 that looks good on her but its a six speed and she was apprehensive about test driving it - i did and its a GREAT car - help me teach her so i can have a 996 in the garage, too!)

thanks!!!

Luke

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Luke

buy a $700 car for her to learn on, it's cheaper than a $700 clutch <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="wink.gif" />

washington951

isn't $700, $700?!
(ha!)

indiana_86_944_turbo

when i learned to drive a clutch my dad bought me a 76 pinto 4 speed he tosed me the keys and i said i don't know how to drive a clutch and he said it time to learn boy! from then on its been cake.but when i driving around i don't use my clutch just to get started from the stop light.

scott

Abby Normal

Buy a cheap mini bike and teach her in the yard or a small field. Some people learn better by visual control, tough to see your feet when your driving. By seeing her hands and understanding the action of the clutch she will then feel it in her footwork, maybe. I had a hard time teaching someone before, and this is what I finally did that worked. Go get the car anyway, incentive for her to learn! Good luck..

Luke

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">Originally posted by washington951:
<strong>isn't $700, $700?!
(ha!)</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">not when one you can throw away and the other you need to R and R the gearbox, and torque tube <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="wink.gif" />

JaskulaR

I got a 1986 camaro beater for $700 to learn on before I got my first 944. My dad and I drove it around the guys neighborhood and he visually showed me how to drive it. He then just told me to drive home. By the time I got home I had figured out the basics, and it certainly was easier (and probably less expensive!) learning on that clutch than if I had learned on my 944 or 951.

Honkity Hank

Find someone with a Jeep wrangler. I taught my 10 yr old son to drive one. Go out to a field somewhere.. Put it in 4 wheel low-range. With it in 1st gear she just can't stall it (too much torque). Then progress up to 3rd gear starts. Afetr she masters the starts you can move on to moving shifts. It really is not that hard to drive a stick, anyone can do it if they want to.

rcldesign

I'm going to agree with the general "buy a POS and let her drive it around" idea. I think the only way to learn and get descent at it is to drive a stick on a regular basis, and with a cheap car, it doesn't matter if she destroys the clutch in the process. Or she could learn the way my roomate did: work at a car wash in a more affluent part of town and learn by driving all the nice cars in to get washed.

dmoffitt

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">Originally posted by rcldesign:
<strong>...she could learn the way my roomate did: work at a car wash in a more affluent part of town and learn by driving all the nice cars in to get washed.</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">hence why i NEVER let my car out of my sight.... that very thought makes me cringe <img border="0" title="" alt="[Frown]" src="frown.gif" />

washington951

oooooh - car wash. ouch.
maybe i could find her a valet job somewhere!

good tips folks - thanks.

James86-951

Imade a deal with my dad when I was 15. He would tech me how to drive a 4 spd RX3 and I would buy him a new clutch. We went to a local cemetary in Decatur with gravel roads. He told me not to stall the engine and not to spin the tires. One new clutch and 20 years later I still use the same philosophy for my 18 yr old nephew.

Red 944

Go to a kia dealership (because kia's are awesome) and take a stick for a test drive with her. Once out of site, switch seats and teach her how to drive.

MichelleJD

Buy an old VW Beetle convertible. Nice collectable and great to learn on. I learned to drive on a 63 Karmann Ghia and 68 VW bus. Great cars to learn on