I'm still kind of a newbie to driving stick (got my 07 V6 Convertible last March), and I tend to stall out every now and then. Is that bad for the car??

 

It is considered a very drastic bog and bogging down the engine isn't good on it. So long as you don't do it everyday, no worries. I would worry about you clutch though. Almost a year and you still kill it? Not good.

 

Give her a few more revs before you draw the clutch out. My wife does the same thing, I swear I don't know how her Golf doesn't stall as she lifts the clutch before gassing, the poor thing pulls away at something like 400 rpm

See, at real low RPM, the oil pressure drops robbing the bottom end of protection from oil flow, as the motor wears this could become problematic as the shells will start to suffer.

 

op, if you're really having that much trouble, hire a driving instructor. it'll only cost you <$100 for six hours or so and he/she will be able to disgnose what your problems are. that's what i did way back in the day when i was first learning how to drive stick - i found it very helpful.

 

it shouldnt hurt it that much especially since its failry new
but i dont know what to tell you about how to help you get better

 

Yes, it burns the **** out of your embarrassment sensor

 

probably hurts your pride more than the car...

 

Wear flexible, thin-soled shoes at least while you're learning. You can feel the clutch beginning to grab better.

Starting from a complete stop, your clutch is not an all-or-nothing device (like a light switch) in anything resemblingreasonably normal driving.

As your left foot comes up, your right foot should be going down at least a little.It may help to pretend that there's an imaginary see-saw that pivots somewhere around the brake pedal. Co-ordinating your two feet to get smooth clutch engagement comes with practice.

Smoothly and quickly comes with more practice. The west side of the hill up to Cardinal Spellman HS is a bit of a challenge . . .


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A good trick my father taught me is to turn the radio down if you are on a hill or scared of stalling out. If you can hear the engine, then you are less likely to stall out. These stangs are a little tricky to drive because of that weird throttle by wire.

 

I had an old 1970 Country Squire station wagon once that I had to stall out each time to get it to shut off. Had the timing set so high because it wouldn't run otherwise.