Well like I said, I have until October to learn. This is going to be only the SECOND car I've ever owned and the first was AT.

Why do people get a car they don't know how to drive yet ? Because they can

 

Well, I appeciate that you are taking interest into this fine car. I just worry about some people on the road with new manual cars, and how they control them. There is more risk for damaging their cars or others as well, especially a sports car like this. Sounds like you got some time to practice though.

 

I'll teach you guys on my Z when I get it. Yeah right!!!!

 

Used to be you could go rent a manual tranny and learn on it... but the rental agencies only seem to rent automatics now ....guess they got wise. But there's smaller shops like "rent a wreck" that some times have cars with manual trannys. My advice is find someone who knows how to drive a stick and go rent one of these for a couple of days.

 

Thank you all for the advice. I know I need to learn it first. My mom can teach me, but it is just that it's hard to find a MT car now a day.

Well, got start somewehere. Besides, who can resist the Z. The order form just magically filled before I knew it.

 

Wow...to have a 350z as basically a learner car is almost unthinkable. Most of us here learned in High School in our friends Chevette. You're a lucky guy but please....don't burn her out. Do yourself a favor...try and get some lessons before you get your Z. Believe me its the best investment you'll ever make.

 

I think its a great learner if your next car is going to be a Porsche.

 

Driving a staight shift is no big deal. My 25 year old daughter has driven one since she was 13 - she started early, and won't drive anything else. She drives a new "Bug" now. I've always encouraged her to drive a straight shift - she won't be stranded for lack of an automatic. She has never worn out a clutch, either.
If she can do it at 13, anyone can. Just relax, let nature and thought take its course, and you should have absolutely no problems.

The hardest part is starting on a hill after stopping at a stop sign stop light, etc. Just give yourself plenty of time to practice coordinating the clutch and gas before you try the hills, and plenty of room to practice. I suggest a shopping mall parking lot when there's no one around, and plenty of room to practice. It really is not difficult for anyone with average coordination.

 

I knew the laws down south were a little different, but 13? How did she manage that?

 

Out on country roads, and our land - also practiced on a go-cart a lot - my son did the same. That's the best way to learn - off road of course. Not on any main roads until totally legal, and then, no problems at all. They also had extensive driver's ed courses.

15 is the earliest one can drive legally, on a learner's permit, and it's getting more an more difficult for a teenager to get a license.

My son learned to drive a straight in my first Z - a 1987 - he was 15 at the time - had his learner's permit.

 

Hey BonZ , who said she was a legal driver ? I was driving on the farm long before I became a legal driver.

 

You got that right Rain. 'Bama or Auburn? Go DAWGS.