i am sorry to bother you guys but i realy did have trouble with my evo. i was an auto fan since i got into college, i always want to have an evo and now i really do, the problem is i never drive a manual car, and i just got my driver licence for 3 weeks. i don't know how to handle my evo at all. i try my best to control it in the brake in period, but now i still not gettin any idea of my evo. such as i don't what rpm or what mph i should shift to another gear, how i retained my evo's hp, what kind of thing i should never do. i feel so sad because my evo stalls so many times in the first two days( my area has a lot slopes.), plz some one help me out, my heart hurts so bad whenever my evo has a little problem...........plzzzzzzzz

 

I dont drive an evo, but I taught my wife how to drive stick on our Lancer when it was only two days old. For the OZ, I try to shift between 3500 and 4000 RPM, depending on if I'm really trying to accelerate or not. Hope that helps some. And everyone stalls their car once in a while. I've had ours for 16 months now and I just stalled it 3 days ago.

Try just going to a parking lot and practicing. Thats what my wife and I did when I was teaching her and she learned! Good luck and hope that helps some.

 

Thats how i learned parking lot many hours and weeks and finally got it now to teach the wife that is a whole other story sheshsh

 

Learn how to talk and type first, and then drive the car. Rev your car to 6000rpm and dump that clutch everytime you need to get going from a stop. That'll put an end to your stalling issues. Shift at 7000rpm, since it'll make you feel better.

jk

 

Keep practicing until you get the idea and feeling on driving a stick... Once you know how to play with the clutch then you would have no problem.

 

you had your license for 3 weeks and you got an evo? who insures you? dont mind me asking, but how old are you

 

WoW dude that's scary to know you are driving an Evo and don't know how to drive with MT .

Play to Gran Turismo 3 and learn to "listen" to the engine with MT

Got my Evo at 18 and I drove MT since I was 17. I learn to drive it in a Mitsubishi L200 pickup diesel. Go somewhere, where there is nobody you can squiz, and play with your car in 1st and 2nd gear, learn how to push the clutch and brake you have to feel the car and know how to shift without looking the gear.
When you done with it, try to push gently to the 3rd gear and do the same with 4th.
No need to go on the 5th gear, learn after to down shift 3rd to 2nd.

Oh yeah, if possible don't use your evo or you'll be scare to death to damage it.

If you really don't understand how to use MT, take an instructor.

 

I think one of the problems with the Evo's clutch is that a lot of people buy it as a first car. The Evo is a TERRIBLE first car!

Beg a friend to let you drive their low horsepower, low torque Honda or Hyundai, or better their old Miata. Learn to slip the clutch at idle on level ground, uphill at 1000 RPM, and to shift smoothly in something without such a peaky power band. Offer to buy them something for their car in exchange. It's going to earn you 10,000 miles on your clutch.

For heaven's sake, until you learn to handle the clutch, let it out at 1500 RPMs or less before opening the throttle. Shift at 5000; it will still out run most cars short-shifted.

Go to an Autocross club, or if you have the money, a driving school. Autocross clubs are cheap, and full of knowledgeable people who can (and will, if you're honest about being a novice) help you learn how to handle your Evo.

DO NOT STREET RACE. Even the guys who know their cars inside and out are risking their license and their lives doing this. Find a curvy piece of road and just enjoy second or third gear at 5000 RPM or so. Forget the clutch; unless it's a hairpin, either second or third is fine.

Remember, it is JUST A CAR. If you have everything in the world tied up in it- all your money and attention, for example, you are setting yourself up for problems. Some people in your position would be better selling it and getting a used Miata or something, learning to drive it and Autocrossing it, then getting an Evo X when they feel confident.

Everyone can do the Evo world a favor; if you know someone who is thinking of getting an Evo as their first manual transmission car, TALK THEM OUT OF IT.

 

Geeez.. first MT and he's got an EVO. Thats crazy

If you dont want to stall, you gotta push the accelerator to the carpet and then release the clutch as fast as you can. You should be able to get out of most situations... People might start pointing at you and start screaming in terror each time you do that but thats ok, as long as your wear a mask , they wont recognize you.

You might also consider not listening to me. Dont worry, im wearing a mask too so its ok. I know you wont recognize me.

 

wow how old are you? hehe ... ur prolly a lil older than youngn ole me =P ...

I was always hoping to learn manual through the Evo8 but Im glad that I learned through my 04 Civic Si =P ...

It makes sense to learn with such an easy clutch ... So now I have the pleasure of just plotting down in an Evo and not feeln scared about it =P


Yeah just practice practice practice ... I was scared to ever go near hills ... Now I dare them to come around my way ^_^ hahah ...

Tip :: Dont learn manual driving like you wanna race ... I think its better if you just go through the shifting motions CIVILIZED lol ... I think itll benefit yah in the end ...

 

If you don't know anyone around you that knows how to drive a manual, I would suggest you call up a driving instructor and take one manual driving lesson. They should teach you the fundamentals of driving a manual. Then you take what you learned and apply it when driving your EVO around.

I live in San Francisco, where there are many hills. I pretty much learned to drive stick on my own when I was 17. My first car was a 1st gen RX7. I took a manual driving lesson a week after I had my car, which was pretty much useless since I was practicing by myself all week. It was pretty damn intimidating driving stick around by myself when learning, but once you get the hang of it, it'll be fine. Good luck.

 

Driving school is a good idea...

Here are a few tips to get you going....

Launching...

Just start letting off the clutch slowly until the car starts to move, then GENTLY start to apply gas (give it enough gas to only rev it to 1200-1500 RPM) as your letting off the clutch in a smooth motion to the engaged position (out all the way).

 

I learned how to drive on a 2nd gen rx7 that was pretty beat up. Anyway, don't worry about stalling too much on the evo, it acts a little bit different than other MT cars and is a little weird. It always takes time to get used to. Anyway, just like he said, go find a large parking lot at the mall and go hide urself in a corner that no one goes to and just keep practicing. At the end of a 2 or 3 hour session, you'll be better. Do that 2 or 3 times and you're good enough to drive around without stalling as much anymore. Slowly release the clutch, when you get around 1/2 way point, you should slow it down sommore and you'll see that the car starts to vibrate a bit and the sound of the engine gets a bit deeper. Then you put ur foot on the gas and just gently give it a bit of gas so that the vibration goes away and ur at around 1.1 or 1.2. Then just release the clutch slow and steady, while giving it gas. Everytime the car starts vibrating again, give it a bit more gas. Just remember, if you accidentally overgas, don't release the gas pedal in shock. That'll make u stall for sure 100%. Just slowly let off the gas, and give a little more clutch. Then start the gas/clutch process again, except this time, you're already in the middle of it. So, just when you start running in circles around the parking lot, try to keep ur rpm between 1.1 and 1.5 when you're starting the car. Besides that, no problems. I shift at around 3K rpm just cuz I live in california and I'm freaking poor and can't pay for gas. But for all around street driving, you can do 3.5K. I usually do 3K for 1-3 gears, 3.2 for 4th and 3 for 5th. Good luck!

 

The best time to shift to the next gear varies from car to car. If you're still in the break in period, anywhere from the low 3000-4000 rpm's should be considered a good time to shift. Even after breakin, for daily driving, its a good place to shift if you wanna conserve gas and just pleasure cruise. When your ready to rip through those gears tho....redline is always nice As far as knowing when to downshift, its just something you learn with time after driving your own car. Its different when you are driving aggressive and when you are just driving to get around. If you mash on the throttle and the car moves like a snail, drop it a gear or two and let off the clutch easy so it doesnt jerk you around. It wont take long either before you realize the sweet spot of you clutch and you go from a stop as smooth as a baby's buttocks. just dont be scared to give her a little gas while letting off the clutch. Once she grabs, its smooth sailing. Almost everyone who learns how to drive a manuel tranny goes through the same thing at first, especially if they are teaching themselves so dont feel bad. Also remember that it could be worse....it could be someone else learning to drive manual in your car instead of you...then id feel bad

 

First, learn how to drive it without boost.

Early shifts, I know, but it'll give you a basic feel on how to drive the car. It'll be slow as a dog too -- like driving a base Lancer around. But you'll be able to become used to up hills, parking, parallel parking (try this alongside some empty parking spaces), creeping a few inches. All during this time, you'll ensure the car is being broken in properly.

After that, slowly introduce yourself to the wide wonderful world of boost.

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As for Evo being a first MT being bad... I've got one worse. I learned to drive a stick on an '89 Lotus Esprit SE Turbo. THAT was an experience!