ok i been drivin a manual for about a week and a half and pretty much have it down. so today i drove it to school and i got caught in traffic for the first time w/ a manual transmission. its bad. never really cared about traffic until now. lol. well every single morning theres lots of traffic goin to my school. and i wanna know how you guys drive in traffic. i mostly jus kept the car in first, occasionally puttin it back in nuetral and shifting into second, and i rode the clutch a lot. i dont know how else to do it!

 

I put mine in neutral, then when I need to go in first and drive, then in neutral and so on. I try and stay off the clutch as much as possible though, so as soon as I don't have to go anymore I put it in neutral and take my foot off it.

 

Just a tip, dont hold the clutch down all the time. You wear out the bearing.

But if you think that is bad, you ought to drive my civic around for a day.

 

I usualy let the car in front of me go for a little bit before I start to move again so I don't ride the clutch as much, also when I'm stoped I put it in neutral [also e-brake on a hill] so my legs don't get so tired.

 

I usually slowly crawl in first....or neutral e-brake

 

i just sit until the car infront of me is like 15-25 feet ahead, and then i go really slow, and then nuetral glide to stop...

 

stage 2 clutch?

 

i had a stage 1 in my civic and that was hell enough, cant imagine a stage 2...

 

i do the same thing. A lot of people bitch about manual cars and traffic. after driving a manual car for almost 2 years, I dont mind it at all

 

When I was in San Diego I use to have an hour+ (25 mile) commute every morning and every evening. Your left knee will get very stong. Just figure out what's most comfortable for you and do it. I personally just shift to N whenever I'm stopped and gently let out the clutch in 1st with a tad of gas when traffic moves a bit.

One day it rained and it took me almost four hours to go 25 miles. Southern California drivers were taught by the devil I think.