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Hi, i am a noob driver, P plates, 17 yr old. and am extremely in love with imports with my special favourite being the 32. after sayin all that... i regret to say that i cannot drive manual yet. anyone who have free saturdays or sundays and who would be willing to drive down to woodville north (bout 2 mins from arndale)

i would be very VERY grateful is someone could drop down and pick me up for a few lessons to teach me how to drive on a manual... i've never driven a manual b4... if you want i could also pay you to teach me. or possibly fill up the fuel tank at the end of each lesson. no need to take me in ur skyline or your beloved car. if you have another manual car, a crappy car would be fine. i just want to practice and have some guidance. my parents own tm fabrics on hanson rd so if you need any suits or clothes down, i could tell them to give you discounts.

thank you for takin your time to read this.

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hahahas ive already got the money for my 32 but i cant get it till end of yr, and none of my friends have manuals, the only one with a manual was my friend with a wrx >_> but he's in darwin now.

also my formal is coming up and i want to borrow a friends friends gtr to take my date there.. its a manual so help would be highly appreciated. the guy with gtr wants a $500 deposit to borrow his car but will give back wen i return the car. and right now i cant really put in that much money right up because im goin to japan. wont be back till 3rd may. which means i only have 1 month to learn manual properly. otherwise id b stuck with driving a tarago there... and i want to treat my gf to somefing nice because she's been extremely good to me lately.

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call a instructor, they should b able 2 teach u the basics in like 2 lessons, then just borrow some1s manual car n drive rnd the block all daythen ull get the hang of it...diving lessons, if u get a cash guy is like $50-$60 a lesson....bargin with them lol

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LOL Manual is the bomb.

Call an instructor with a manual little buzz box and get like 2 lessons. They will teach you the basics unless your a F34Ktard and can't learn quick. You should be ok for ya formal. But jumping from a shitty 1.8L 4cyl to a GTR with most likelly a bit more power is a big jump. I have some mates that live on Hanson rd they own a crash repairer.

Your best way to do it is get lessons. If i had a good enough car and the spare time i would come out and teach you as i have been driving for 6yrs now and been driving manual most of it. LOL im 19 so yes i was driving illegally on the beach in qld. hehehe SHHHH

But the biggest problem with guys on here might be the damage you could do to there clutches and gearboxes. Im not saying you are so dumb but if your just learning and you stuff something up big $$$ will be needed.

SOrry for the massive rant.

Good luck mate.

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lols all my parents friends have auto... all slack... my uncle has a manual '89 corolla but when both my cousins learnt manual on that. the clutch is pretty much on the edge so if i learn off that, it will just take it over.

yes i do have the money for the 32 but parents wont buy it till end of yr. they want me to study >_> and not think about driving around all the time... which will probably happen...

sighz ahwell, was hoping i could get a lesson from one of you guys cause most driving instructors dont do sats or sundays.

well if anyone has a crap car in manual and could spare a few hrs on saturday or sunday... pm me or somefing

guess ill just go hire a limo or something with friends.. thx guys

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u learn from mistakes when learning how to drive manual

i wouldnt be driving a love one in someone elses GTR if i only had 4 weekends to learn how to drive manual

especially without insurance even if for 1 night

i had a few scrarey close calls in my r32 when i first got it only because i was inexperienced

my 2 cents

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