my 2001 prelude sh is an easy to drive stick but i agree that low torque cars suck to learn on if youre new to manual trannies. low torque cars stall a lot easier, especially if they idle low and youre light footed on the throttle.
dont let that scare you off though. its still relatively easy to drive a 5th gen 5spd prelude. if you like the car, get it. its a fine car to learn stick with.
I'd rather learn in something weaker like a Civic or older Prelude.
My first 5spd was a 1988 Prelude S. Took me a few hours to get the hang of it. Since then, nothing but 5spd transmissions.
I also learned on an '88 Prelude, my first car. After my roommate tried to teach for an hour I wasn't getting it. Then this chick I was sleeping with at the time taught me how to drive it in like half an hour.
Agreed with previous posters that after a week you should have it down tight.
A chik teaches her dude how to drive stick? That seems backwards.
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1991 Prelude Si - sold
1989 Accord DX - impounded
1998 Prelude SH - totaled on 3/29/12
2006 CRF150F - sold
2006 YZ250F - sold
I disagree that wimpy cars are better to learn on. I learned on a POS Mitsubishi pickup truck with maybe 100hp, and I can't even remember how many times I stalled it. On hills, stoplights, stop signs...everywhere. It was very finicky and unforgiving because it had NO torque.
Someone sucks at driving tehehehe
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A chik teaches her dude how to drive stick? That seems backwards.
Must be some hot dominatrix sort of chik. Whapish!
I learned on the Prelude. It was brand new and I thought the clutch was pretty "notchy". The engagement point was high and seemed to just "catch" more than some of my friends' older cars with more slippery clutches. It was good though, because it taught me to be less sloppy and taught me the value of rev-matching to make things smooth.
A chik teaches her dude how to drive stick? That seems backwards.
I wasn't her dude I was just sleeping with her. It does seem backwards but fact is, she knew how to drive stick, I had only ever had automatics to drive.
I learned how to drive on my prelude and I think its a good beginner car to learn on. The hardest part for me was getting used to the rolling backwards on hills while engaging into first gear. Its really scary until you get the hang of it, especially the hills in San Francisco (and I refuse to do the e-brake method). First gear was also hard for me, but all you really need to do is just find the engaging point and you're all set.
But once you get better at driving a stick, learn how to do rev-matching downshifts. That's the proper way to downshift your car.
First learned stick on a friend's Civic. Didn't like that, it had a very "light" accelerator (touch it slightly while it's in neutral and the RPMs bounce up, but no torque to back it up when you release the clutch). But it helped as my first car was a 5sp Celica Supra, a car with a "heavy" accelerator (RPMs backed up nicely with lots of low-end torque). The 5th gen Prelude is somewhere in between those two cars but I find it's accelerator pedal a bit on the "light" side. I miss that Supra (totaled by some loser running a red ).
The reason I recommend lower power vehicles is because of the Prelude's extremely touchy gas pedal. I imagine it would be a lot simpler to learn when you don't have to worry that ½" of pedal travel equates to 30% throttle.
(that's called hyperbole)
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But it helped as my first car was a 5sp Celica Supra, a car with a "heavy" accelerator (RPMs backed up nicely with lots of low-end torque).
WTF is a Celica Supra?
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1988 Prelude S - victim of an 80mph backflip
1991 Prelude Si - sold
1989 Accord DX - impounded
1998 Prelude SH - totaled on 3/29/12
2006 CRF150F - sold
2006 YZ250F - sold
The reason I recommend lower power vehicles is because of the Prelude's extremely touchy gas pedal. I imagine it would be a lot simpler to learn when you don't have to worry that ½" of pedal travel equates to 30% throttle.
Yes, the "touchiness" of the Prelude's accelerator can make it try for beginners. Before you start learning to shift I'd recommend just getting used to controlling the revs.
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WTF is a Celica Supra?
AKA mk2 Supra:
87+ they split the development team from the Celica's and just called it the Supra.
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1988 Prelude S - victim of an 80mph backflip
1991 Prelude Si - sold
1989 Accord DX - impounded
1998 Prelude SH - totaled on 3/29/12
2006 CRF150F - sold
2006 YZ250F - sold
Hahahaha ROFL! I don't like that car doesn't look nice the AE86 or 86 looks so much better it had style!
To each their own, but those wheels were very distinct. As it so happens I had an extra set with winter tires I was trying to sell this winter. Some dude with a 4th gen Lude considered buying them. I told him it probably won't fit but he tried them out anyway. The rims hit the front calipers or something so it was a no-go, but damn did they look wicked on a 4th gen. End up selling them to a guy with an older Integra I think it was....
I acctually just learned bought a 99 manual with no experiance driving a stick and i learned fairly quick. it takes a little trial and error but you will have it down in about a week. The hardest part for me was remembering to let the parking break off. drove about a mile with it on when i first got mine and i thought my car was dieing.
A chik teaches her dude how to drive stick? That seems backwards.
Hey I'm a chik and I've driven nothing but manuals from the begging, and I taught many a dude to drive in my old Corolla.
That being said, I def. found my old POS Corolla more forgiving than my new Lude mainly because the clutch pedal is pretty stiff comparatively and the "catch point" is farther out than what I was used to. I def. stalled out a few times on the first day.
I still think the Prelude has a relatively forgiving clutch though and should'nt be to hard to figure out.
Enjoy! Its cars like these that make faithful manual drivers.
I could drive my first stick perfectly because there was this simulator called Hard Drivin' with full manual gear controls. It would stall, and all of that ****.
I used the technique from the game, and my stick driving was perfect on day one.
And the Prelude is easy as hell to drive. Try any V8 Mustang, that was fun. Also, my H22 Teg with ACT XTSS was nice. Stock Honda clutches suck.
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