On Wednesday, May 8, 2002 at 8:05:51 PM UTC-4, Chris Smith wrote:

Hello,

New to the group... can you recommend a good simulator that might be a reasonable place to start learning about how to drive a car with manual transmission? I know there is no substitute for the real thing, but I somehow think it would help to have some practice on a simulator...

To make a long story short, I am considering purchasing a sports car, and
was thinking it would be great to have it as a stick shift- only problem is that I've driven an automatic all my life, and all my closest friends drive them too (or are not willing to let me wear out/ruin the clutch in their manual transmission).

Seems like driver schools don't typically teach stick, so I'm in a bad
way...

I have a pretty limited CPU setup (667 MHz PIII); might be worth investing
in an upgrade, if it saves me a grand to get a clutch replaced 5-10K into ownership of my new car. Maybe I can somehow upgrade my old PSX in the process (still like to play a game now and then...).

Any help greatly appreciated...

ChrisS

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