Hey guys, I'm proud to say that after years of obsessing over civics and hondas, i finally bought the 2000 Civic Ex that i've been looking at for a few weeks. Its only got 81k miles and it a manual. I really like manual but this is my first manual car and i'm not very good yet Hopefully i get better with time, i hope, cause i burned the clutch pretty bad today trying to get going on an incline. Well anywho, just thought i'd let anyone who cares know that im a proud Honda owner now!

 

Nice! I'm jealous lol Practice practice practice is how you get better on a manual. i remember learning....poor car lol. But now I'm doing heel-toe shifts pretty decently.

Post up some pics!

 

Hey man I was the same way. My civic was my first stick and thought I would never learn, but after a few days of stall's and clutch burning you will finally get the hang of it man no worries.

 

Gratz on the civic!
yeah you'll soon get the hang of it.
on inclines, try pulling the E-break and keeping it on untill you feel it wanting to move up, and then slowly release the E-break.
that way your not scared of rolling back.

 

+1 ^.....

 

Ya Daone is right. Actually I never tried that because I said what the hell gotta learn the hard way, but inclines take time. Just go out to an empty road and practice over and over again, don't worry if you spin tire like crazy just as long as you don't drift back a mile.

 

congrats on the purchase. time for some pics and a project thread.

believe it or not i do not know how to drive a manual. reason why mines is still auto. I had the chance to drive my friends rsx type s and fell in love with driving a manual. in 15 minutes i stalled twice.

 

^ should of seen the way i drove my del sol when i first bought it...
it was my third time driving a manual.. (my dads old pick up truck was the only thing manual i ever moved, and he was scared to let me learn on it...lol)
I stalled about 15 times just getting home. it either stalled or i made the wheels chirp at every stop sign. i was like F*&%. lol
but now it feels akward driving my auto civic. when i turn my civic on i always catch myself trying to find the clutch thats not there...HAHA

But dont worry, everyone stalled at some point.
You should start a Project thread!

 

I'll put up some pictures of it today. And i'm not sure if its going to be big enough for a project thread is it? I don't plan on doing any major overhaul with it. Just rims, fogs, lip and grille for exterior. Basic bolt ons for the engine; intake, header, exhaust. And of course, im gonna lower it

 

Well that is sure enough for a project thread. We are all interested in the build, it's the best part about Civics, can't wait!