Teaching someone to drive a manual

[blue2000s]

Originally Posted by grubinski

Interesting. My wife still can't drive a stick, mostly due to mental issues. I have taught her in the past on my old Datsun 510 and later a Miata, but she's been too intimidated to go out on the street.

I was thinking the Boxster might be a great car for this ... the flywheel is heavy enough that you can get started really easy. I don't see why some above have said it's a bad choice to teach someone in ... to me I think it's probably the easiest I've ever owned.

Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. The Boxster clutch is much easier to handle than most sports cars that I've driven. Fairly low force and plenty of friction range.

Try teaching a kid to drive a pre-964 911, now that's a tough clutch to learn on.