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Old 01-06-2013, 05:29 PM
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NAy
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Nay.
Old 01-06-2013, 05:35 PM
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From first-hand experience, if you don't want it to be a miserable experience, you need to let her start it in second for a little while. your girl will love you, your fairlady will hate you.

just fingerbang her while you cruise and call it a day, amen.

sorry to mods if too vulgar, just brought back some fond memories haha
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Originally Posted by mattman87
From first-hand experience, if you don't want it to be a miserable experience, you need to let her start it in second for a little while. your girl will love you, your fairlady will hate you.

just fingerbang her while you cruise and call it a day, amen.

sorry to mods if too vulgar, just brought back some fond memories haha
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Old 01-06-2013, 05:48 PM
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Nope.
Old 01-06-2013, 05:52 PM
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My girl just asked me to teach her... FUHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH still haven't made a decision...
Old 01-06-2013, 06:01 PM
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do you have another manual car for her to learn on? if not, the answer is obvious.
Old 01-06-2013, 06:19 PM
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well i let my gf "relearn" standard in my Nismo... she only sat in the drivers seat for a few hundred yards until she wanted out! haha.
Old 01-06-2013, 06:33 PM
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My girlfriend had a difficult time driving my Z and my impatience didnt help. I decided to send her to a class to learn and now that I have a beater, she drives my sentra every once in a while. I say after a few more time with the sentra she can have another shot with the Z. I must say, the Z is a really tough car to drive.
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Mine knows how to drive a manual somewhat but too scared bc too low and doesn't want to touch it. Let her drive around the neighborhood and that was about enough.
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Think I would teach her how to ride the motorcycle before my Z, but neither so far.... after 4 years lol.
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Yay, after all it isn't my Z. And it won't be my clutch that is getting burned up.
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I let my girl drive mine in a parking lot after 3 years. I turn the AC on so it ups the RPMs by a little bit and it doesn't stall AS easy.

If she is impatient, I say no. That's what I told my girl. Does she drive it? No, could she dump the clutch and shift gears along the way in some unforseen emergency....maybe.

good luck.
Old 01-06-2013, 07:13 PM
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brb restarting chrome pics of gf aren't loading
Old 01-06-2013, 07:36 PM
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I taught my girl how to shift and now she is a expert. Also I wasn't talking about a car and +1 it made me excited.
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nay
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Yes, go ahead and turn the Z over to your girlfriend. No need for you to hover and fuss about, over-instructing and whatnot. Her other boyfriend can give her a few tips if needed. If I can shift a Z so can she. Half the guys here are dumb as ****, surely if they can manage so can she.

Only big strong guys can tackle a Wooly Mammoth and bring it home to the family for dinner. However, a Z is a much more docile animal who responds wonderfully to the feminine touch.

Girls can be great at shifting gears. My great grandma could expertly shift the cranky sliding gear ‘crash box’ transmission on an old Essex.
Old 01-06-2013, 08:11 PM
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It's just a car, area grinds are much better that he typical ricer slam shift many people do.
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Here's what you do...

Buy/intall a stage 4 clutch and record the outcom


Seriously, nope


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