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Hey there guys.. It's been a long long time since i last posted =P My last post was probably when i said i got my L's... now look a year on and going for my P's soon.

Anyway i really wanted to learn on a manual so i could get my manual red P's...But... I don't have any close family friends who were willing to lend me their manual for a sustained period of time... and the lessons on a manual for such a period of time would cost far too much... But only recently did i find out that you could drive a manual regardless of whether or not you have a manual license after holding your red P's for a year. All of you already knew this but i didn't... So now i am excited that i will get to drive a manual within a year =D

But overall i am curious how many of you did this? i.e waited a year before switching to manual. I'm going to feel like the biggest sissy driving around auto for a year :huh:

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the way everyone should get there P's so they can actually learn to drive is through driving lessons as Bass Junky said

They help you a lot and you learn to respect the road more and the drivers around you more. My advice is to have some manual driving lessons and if you cant afford many just have at least two to get you started.

I went through RACV for my driving lessons and at the end of it you get a free pair of sticky red P's :)

good luck with it all :blink:

you gotta be shitting me....driving lessons with instructors teach you to pass the test...and to park...not how to drive

this is the whole problem causing the higher road toll amongst young drivers

good luck with your test mate. if you're going for your auto license, i dont really see how you could fail...just dont take a hand off the wheel, or kill anyone

you gotta be shitting me....driving lessons with instructors teach you to pass the test...and to park...not how to drive

this is the whole problem causing the higher road toll amongst young drivers

totally agree with this! pity many others don't see it like that blaming accidents on other factors that are less related compared to this.

madwob

I agree, I think most people agree also.

BUT, the best way to learn to drive manual is with a qualified instructor and you use their car. Burn their clutch, and if you hit a curb, it's on their insurance!!

BASS OUT

madwob

I agree, I think most people agree also.

BUT, the best way to learn to drive manual is with a qualified instructor and you use their car.  Burn their clutch, and if you hit a curb, it's on their insurance!!

BASS OUT

hahah cant argue with that

manual's not that hard to master, and yeah agreed... back when I learnt how to drive, the first day I drove in first gear so much that my instructors brand new car overheated. :)

That's what you pay em for so you might as well abuse em. A car's really simple to use, and its so easy to pass your test in a manual car.

Intrustor my ass, I havent had 1 single lesson. Learnt to drive manual in the Skyline with a Heavy Duty Button Clutch. Stalled it for around 2 days (with impatient f**ks behind me that couldnt wait for me to start her up again). Its not hard to learn. The lessons are more to teach you to be cautious,

when you learn on a manual.. you ACTUALLY lear how to drive

unlike just getting your steering lisence (read: Auto)

its scary to think how people (mainly people who have driven auto, and never manual) think its just as easy as throwing a moveable gear selector and clutch into the equation... its far more difficult then that

nce you get the hang of it its alot easy, sure .. but you then have to pracice and become good

i certainly wouldnt suggest trying to drive a manual with absolutly no experience in a controlled environament

-Ruffels

Sorry i think i confused a few people, by driving lessons i meant i haven't had manual driving lessons because, overall the cost would be too much... I have had three or four (auto) normal driving lessons to learn techniques etc..

sorry for the confusion.

I have had experience driving a manual and really enjoy it =) But, that was my aunty's car and making regular trips from the East to Glenhaven... <_<

Of course i simply won't jump into a manual after 1 year of P's and start tooting around lol i will get some proper lessons etc

Edited by ignuz

it allways cracks me up hearing manual licence drivers talk about how hard it is to get a licence on manuals and how auto is crap.

i got my auto p's first go after learning to drive for 3 weeks. no non critical errors were made at all. a lot of people have said that getting an auto licence is easy and that's no feat, but i havent met someone who's failed because they cant change gears. most of my mates who have failed driving tests did it because of things like failing to stop at signs, speeding etc. which has fark all to do with gears

good point made about driving instructors only teaching you how to pass a test. i spose it's ironic that if they're good at their job they put themselves out of their regular customers!

as soon as i got my green Ps i bought a old supra manual

honestly u dont need an instructor.i just got my mum to drive around with me for about 15 minutes giving me a few pointers then i dropped her home and drove around back streets for a while

the only real hard thing i couldnt do for a few days was reverse parking up a hill which was a little bitch to learn

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