or for less the a used car, try to find a school that teaches stick, its like 40 bucks a go.


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It's not that it takes a long time to learn, but you can do some serious damage pretty quickly if you really have no idea what you're doing. Not only that...but it's an Evo. It's like defacing a Van Gogh.

Seriously though, I have another idea...if you're old enough to rent a car...do it. Two rentals tops and you'll be good enough to go on with your evo. Problem solved.

 

find an old neighbor and he should know stick

 

stick really aint that hard, try it out and the third pedal will be like second nature. its real straight forward.

 

I just bought a 2002 OZ Rally back in March and didn't know how to drive an MT. After I bought it, my dad drove it up to the movie theatre(about 2 miles away) and let me practice in the parking lot for about 15 mins. My house is about 10 miles away, and after a short practice session, I drove it home. You just have to be sure to give the car enough gas and also let up on the clutch slowly. With time, you'll be able to feel where the clutch engages and you'll be takin off with no problem.

 

If you've ever riden a motorcycle, it's the same concept though without the sequential shifter.

Once you get through the first two days you'll be fine.

 

i learned how to drive stick on a 2001 2.5 rs and a 98 mitsu eclipse i only like tried it on them then i bough my lancer it took me 2 hours in my drive way to get it pretty much down pat and dont count on your warenty period cause it isnt gonna happen

 

I would suggest that you practise on some other car before driving the Evo. Clutches are expensive.

You should also learn how to heel-and-toe. Because of the power of the engine is you simply shift down without blipping the throttle your tyres will lose traction and that is very dangerous when going into a corner fast.

 

Amen. I recall a few people ordering S2000s without ever driving an MT. How someone can justify a $33k sports car (for an S2000, not an Evo) and not have $250 floating around to buy a practice beater is beyond me.

If you want to really learn, buy a $250-500 beater, find a big ol parking lot somewhere (abandoned malls are great). Drive it around, mainly focusing on starting out in 1st and reverse. I got it down by driving back and forth in 1st/Rev for an hour. Then, find some small hills and practice starting on an incline (preferably not in traffic). Back in the parking lot, shift up from 1st to 3rd or 4th, then come back down to 1st while braking lightly (throttle matching). After you've got all that down, set up a course (ie AutoX) and beat the living daylights out of the car until something breaks! Once the car is broke, call a junkyard and have them pick the thing up.

Also, if you do it right (i.e. pay cash), you could probably just abandon the car without ever having titled/registered it. Cheap fun for a weekend!

 

Just learn on someone elses car. Easy enough.