clutch question

[mthomas141]

My girlfriend wants to learn how to drive a manual so my question is how hard is it on the clutch and other parts of the car assuming there will be lots of stalls and hard starts?

[Audi S4 Turbo]

Depends how bad she is at driving stick. I mean if she revvs to 4k and eases the cluth out, you can guess what happens. I would have her practice on another car.

[mthomas141]

she isnt terrible she knows to keep it under 2k when starting. Im also getting a new stage 3 clutch here next week so will it really hurt anything else other than he clutch?

[NOVAS4]

make sure she doesnt grind gears :) ... my brother did that test driving a car pretty bad haha... he didnt end up getting a manual lol

[mthomas141]

she has the shifting down decent, its just the starting where she cant grasp the concept and i just want to be sure it wont mess anything else up besides the clutch cause in a few days the stock one will be gone

[The_Jerbel]

Just tell her not to give it any throttle at all, and slowly let out the clutch. These engines have plenty of torque to launch from idle.

[mthomas141]

We started with that, but its not practical in all settings ya know.

[OldYella]

I would be more worried about the transmission if i were you. Clutch is maintaince item but the tranny seems like it would be a bitch to do and expensive.

[mthomas141]

how does it affect the tranny i am not mechanically inclined at all

[Overboostin]

let her drive your car. it'll get you ass points for her thinking you trust her enough with it and its hot when a girl drives your car. You don't sound that worried, so I'm sure she'll be fine. If she's not that great, just have her let out the clutch slowly and ride the idle a bit before she gives it any gas. That way she'll get a feel for where the friction point is.