Glad to hear you're getting the hang of it. The only downside about a manual I thought, was getting stuck in stop and go traffic. [:@] Other than that they are a blast to drive!

 

yeah...manual gets boring real fast in stop and go traffic. any other time it's great.

 

want a real challenge? parallel park a stick on a hill with your nose facing down hill. now that's tricky

 

Reversing will be easier than first because the gear ratio is even higher than first, so let the clutch control your speed, you don't even need to touch the gas as long as you let the clutch up slowly. I just learned how to drive manual for the first time when I got my 6 speed z28. For hills I usually have my foot on the brake then let the clutch out until I can either hear or see the rpms drop a little and then I can let my foot off the brake and hold the car with the clutch. If you go slow enough with the clutch you don't even need gas, but you'll want to learn how to give it enough gas and let off the clutch enough so you can start quicker or else people will get annoyed at you, as I found out lol.

 

After a couple weeks of driving it you should have no problems and shouldnt really ever stall your car out again. But on hills I don't ever use my brake,just after you let off the brake get on your clutch quick and get it to the point where your car isn't rolling back the give it enough gas so your car doesnt stall when you let off the clutch. And just take your time reversing, it will come to you very soon.

 

Uhh that's not good for the clutch at all.

Regardless, he's getting lots of helpful info on here