damn i did something thrilling today!!!

[accordlxi2.0]

well in a way, but i found it cool as hell!

this 89 lx-i 5spd! yep 5spd came in to have rims balanced.
then my manager was like when i'm done to test drive.

now the only thing i know how to do in a stick is use 1st and reverse.
but i learn quick as hell.

and when i drove it..i did pretty good for the 1st time...i got up to 4th gear.
thats all..well besides killing a couple of cars with the legend...

[A20A1]

You had fun :)

[accordlxi2.0]

oh yea...it brought backs some memories (well the 3g(s) part)

[88accordhb]

wat? you took a customer's car?

[halxi]

all autoshops do, just to make sure their work is holding and it runs smooth.

[accordlxi2.0]

^ your right.
now i see why yall switch to 5spd....
it was cool man..i got up to 4th gear.

[halxi]

lol sounds like you had fun, eventhough i was driving a manual with ease when i was 13, its still fun :P

now you should consider a 5spd swap :rockon:

[kaltenacht]

Awesome, I wish I had a five speed... then again i wish i could drive a manual, i really need to learn how to, never had the chance though, maybe ill convert mine to manual someday or even better buy a 5spd 3g! :idea:

[Busted_Blue]

how on earth did you even get up to 4th gear. That means you were driving fairly fast then.

[accordlxi2.0]

well the lil' diagram on the knob helps....
plus...this is gonna sound stupid, my legend has s-mode, so i basically drove the 3g till it reached that point.

to be honest i have thought about doing a 5spd swap....but i don't wanna burn out the clucth or anything.

[mr eff]

when i test drive cars before i work on them i'll run through the gears and back down. you can take it up to 5th usually at 30mph. helps to test if the clutch is slipping too.

[halxi]

i cruise around town between 30-35 in 4th, keeps the rpms down, saves gas :)

[accordlxi2.0]

yes sir!

[accordlxi2.0]

who here has learned to drive stick bythemselves???

[halxi]

ive been riding dirtbikes since i was 4, so almost 12 years now. Basically when i first drove i used the same basic concept, only with my feet instead of my hands. I did alright, only killed it once, but i would get the rpms up around 3k and slowly let the clutch out to get going... wasnt the greatest, but i did pretty good for being 13 and my first time. Now i have problems starting out because of how much ive been driving my dads truck lol. 2001 Dodge Ram 2500 cummins turbo diesel with a 5spd, and when you start out, you start in 2nd and you dont need to give it any gas, so i get used to that, then go and drive my car... and kill it all the time :lol:

[syclinsam]

i didn't teach myself, but my dad had a good philosophy. he taught each of us how to drive first on the 1988 diesel suburban, that was lifted. (beast of a car) and on our 88' camaro which was a 5spd. He said we should know how to drive stick and if we could drive & park the truck we could handle anything.