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*facepalm*

So I just had my first go at trying to drive a stick shift. I need to learn really really well by two weeks from now, since I'm supposed to drive myself back to school (four hours!) in this car.

It went okay, but by the end there was a lovely burned-something smell coming from the engine. Oops?

How about everyone shares their horrifying first-time-driving-stick stories so I feel better, mkay?

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I don't know how often I stalled my dad's car when I first drove it. (It's a stickshift, obviously.) I felt so sorry for it. Still haven't driven it too many times afterwards. But really, if you go slow you can feel the point when to release the clutch and step on the gas, try it out a few times slowly to get a feel for it. When I drove with my driving instructor's car it went a lot easier than in the mercedes of my dad. so glad i have an automatic, tho. *g*