How hard is it to drive a 5 speed manual GT?
03-05-2009, 01:14 AM
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How hard is it to drive a 5 speed manual GT?
I have a 00 automatic because I basically got it for nothing. I've been thinking about getting a 5 speed V6. I have never driven a stick before! I watched alot of youtube videos and I have the shifting pattern down path and it looks easy!
03-05-2009, 01:35 AM
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Why do you want to downgrade from a GT to a V6?
But anyway the GT 5spd transmissions are not incredibly great and I hate how the shifter is so far away compared to how most other cars are. It's still fun though
But anyway the GT 5spd transmissions are not incredibly great and I hate how the shifter is so far away compared to how most other cars are. It's still fun though
03-05-2009, 01:49 AM
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i bought my 04 5 speed gt in december, and didnt get to drive it until february because i was in iraq. i had only driven a mustang once before, my buddy's car, and hadnt driven a manual in almost a year because of deployment. at the airport when my parents picked me up, i got in the car and shifted smoothly every time, no stalls, nothing close.
moral of the story, it is a very easy tranny and very forgiving. like others said, the shifter is a bit of areach compared to others, which may not bother you as much sice youve never driven a manual. the shift pattern int the hard part, hard part (for me anyways, when i was learning a manual) was a smooth transition between clutch and gas. good luck!
on a side note, i would take a manual v6 over an auto gt any day...i like shifting too much
moral of the story, it is a very easy tranny and very forgiving. like others said, the shifter is a bit of areach compared to others, which may not bother you as much sice youve never driven a manual. the shift pattern int the hard part, hard part (for me anyways, when i was learning a manual) was a smooth transition between clutch and gas. good luck!
on a side note, i would take a manual v6 over an auto gt any day...i like shifting too much
03-05-2009, 02:59 AM
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Oh so you are gonna get the 5spd V6 and then eventually sell that and your GT for a 5spd GT?
I mean I donno how cheap you can get the V6 but if you want just a car for practice I would HIGHLY recommend asking any friends with cars to teach you or take some lessons somewhere. Or just get a really cheap beater.
I got my license last January and my 5spd Mustang is my first car I bought in May. I didn't have any friends who had/willing to teach me so I learnt myself on youtube (check out soggyrice's vids) and just reading online. Then I paid for a few classes with random drive schools and then I went to buy my car and drive it home!
I mean I donno how cheap you can get the V6 but if you want just a car for practice I would HIGHLY recommend asking any friends with cars to teach you or take some lessons somewhere. Or just get a really cheap beater.
I got my license last January and my 5spd Mustang is my first car I bought in May. I didn't have any friends who had/willing to teach me so I learnt myself on youtube (check out soggyrice's vids) and just reading online. Then I paid for a few classes with random drive schools and then I went to buy my car and drive it home!
03-05-2009, 03:13 AM
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not sure how this incorporates into the thread but the wife had a 98 Escort with a 5spd and I couldn't drive it to save my life. I'd stall everytime unless I was 'racing' it to get it started.
The GT 5spd is 100x's easier than the Escort was...lol. The easiest 5spd i've ever drove was my old 91 mazda b2200 truck. I couldn't kill it if I tried. Clutch was way squishy feeling, but it got all 86 HP to the ground lol.
The GT 5spd is 100x's easier than the Escort was...lol. The easiest 5spd i've ever drove was my old 91 mazda b2200 truck. I couldn't kill it if I tried. Clutch was way squishy feeling, but it got all 86 HP to the ground lol.
03-05-2009, 06:29 AM
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i say get POS car and practive on that and sell your auto gt for a manual one. and then you wont have to drive the GT in bad weather. learning to drive stick aint hard..i live on a farm and i learned when i was 4 on a tractor. started on trucks when i was 5-6.