Buy a manual car. Start driving it. That is it. That is the only way to learn to drive stick....just do it. You'll have it figured out in a day or two, and you'll have it down cold in a week. Clutch-shift-gas. That's all there is for your brain to know...all it HAS to know, anyway...the thing is making your hands and feet know it.If the car has a tachometer, you should generally shift between 1/2 and 2/3 of the way to the red line.If the car has no tachometer, shift just a little bit before where the pitch of the engine/exhaust noise levels off.As for starting on hills...get the hang of it on level ground first. It's just like starting on a level surface except that you have to get it into gear and into the power band LIGHTNING QUICK.

I bought a truck I wanted but it was a manual tranny, my then fiance took me to a parking lot on a hill and taught me how to drive it...you really just have to have someone take you and show you...reading about it is pointless...as you get familiar with your car, you'll know when to shift just by feeling it...oh, and the first time you kill it in an intersection, well...Good Luck!!!

all reply before me has very great idea,but my idea is just click on you tube and make some downloading the FLv file so that you can upload it with your portable Ipod video,then lets move

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