First sorry but the car is not jerky, your just learning to drive still. keep steady on the gas and work the clutch. The more practice the easy and less you will mess with the clutch. Second on hills learn the point in your clutch where it will hold you without rolling back or even better learn to heel toe it. I have seen to many people trying that ebrake trip have their cars hopping all over the place. Normally if you are having trouble with coordinating just your feet adding a hand in there too for something besides the steering wheel mess with people.

Also try not to think about it so much. I was teaching my gf how to drive on my old car and she would mess it up trying to think though every little step. After she had practice alittle i just started talking to her to get her mind off of it and she did alot better. I know its easier said then done. Just try to feel it.

 

Exactly what he said. You will eventually learn how to smooth things out after you drive it a little more.

 

Yea its true I am still learning but the jerkiness doesnt come from me starting off, its from when Im cruising slowly on 1st gear then I let it roll due to traffic then hit the gas again and thats where the jerkiness comes in. Or am I suppose to give it some clutch since its rolling about 5mph or less?
Also the hill situation are you saying I can just use the clutch to hold the car in place without my foot on the gas at the same time?

 

Khmerguy: I offered before to help tutor you on driving a manual transmission. I have been driving manual transmissions since the late 1960's. My son, who also has an Evo X, could help you out as well. I taught both of my sisters how to drive a stick shift and one of things they learned was how to start moving on a steep incline from a full stop. It requires a little fancy footwork, but you can do it w/o using the e-brake. Foot on brake, then gently feather the clutch while progressively applying the gas pedal. In all my years of driving, I have never resorted to using the handbrake, even on the steepest of hills.

 

Yea I know you have. Thanks for the offer. We should definitely meet up one of these days. Although winter is around the corner, meeting up on a nice day would be better.

 

Yea you are going to have to give it some clutch when trying to roll at 5 mph no way to really get around it.
Depending on the steepness of the hill you might just be able to you just use your clutch but the steeper the hill might have to you some gas, but more practice the easier it will become.
Please practice cuz the one of my fears is someone in a manuel in front of me on a hill at a light rolling back into me.

 

^^^ Yea I am ok at it now. I sometimes use the ebrake or keep my feet on the gas and clutch even though I know im burning my clutch that way

 

You'll get used to it man. I've honestly never used the e-brake on an inclinded road. You just have to learn how to feather the gas and clutch. You'll learn in good time.

 

Hate the manual in traffic No good way around it.

 

^^^ unless i switch to MR lol. Hey its my bday today do I get another discount Michael lol

 

I live in an area that has mild traffic for Southern Cal. Most I hit is maybe 4 miles on the way home and it's like 30 mph then stop. But I made the mistake of driving out to this god forsaken place called Los Angles, a place that has no business being on the map, to pick up my wheels and I sat is traffic that never got over 5mph for like 7 miles at 11am. Not even traffic hours! My leg was killing me. But I tried to let the car in front get a good distance so I could kind of cruise slow without all the stop and go. But of course, you leave an opening and some jack hole gets in it. But it did help.

A sore leg is just the price you have to pay for a proper sports car. I would rather say my left leg hurts from the clutch than my wrist hurt from those floppy things on the steering wheel. HAHA

 

Hey man just say is a workout and only trying to get one leg stronger than the other lol

 

+ 1 ^

no real way around it, if your on a hill youre going to ride the clutch a bit

luckily i do most of my driving from 9pm-5am

 

Good thing I dont daily my evo lol. I only drive it Sat-Mon

 

In the case where there is a ton of traffic... moving forward isn't going to help at all lol. Just leave a pretty large gap between you and the guy in front of you. Sometimes you can leave a big enough gap to keep your car at a slow roll, that way it feels like you are maybe getting somewhere faster because there is constant motion haha. But I've only ever owned a car with manual transmission, so I've learned little tricks here and there but everyone seems to have their own style.