im on my L's and the only car ive ever driven has been manual, never been behind the wheel of an automatic. check out youtube for some interesting tutorials, though their all on american type cars, though still very relevant.
if youre worried about learning manual, you shouldnt be, the hardest part is moving from a standing start. the first time i drove manual, with my dad as instructor, we didnt even move anywhere, i stalled about 5 times, my dad got frustrated and kicked me out of the car. if you want to learn dont go into traffic like i did and bloody embarrass yourself. find a quiet street, where the road is flat, and go back and forth.
IDIOTS GUIDE TO TAKING OFF: -
- start the car (make sure its in neutral first!)
- press the clutch all the way down, put into gear one, and while holding the clutch down, give the car the tiniest bit of gas (that little thing that measures the revs shouldnt go past 1, if it your pushing the gas too hard), then slowly come off the clutch, and voila, the car starts to move!
- remember the reason a car stalls is that it tries to take off, but you havent provided it with any gas
