driving an automatic vehicle - then a manual ...?

[joko]

has anyone only been allowed to drive an automatic...then passed the manual test - an had problems 'remembering'...?

i am planning to take the manual test...an im confident, especially now that i have been on the roads for nearly 2 years...so have road sense etc

however...i am concerned that i may struggle to 'keep up' with 'remembering' that im in a manual vehicle from time to time...??

i dont want to be forgetting to change gear all the time and stalling etc

anyone else done this an had any problems?/

thanks

[bednobs]

i have had a semi autmatic, for the past 5 years, and on occaision drive my husbands car, and have never forgotten to change gear, or indeed depress the clutch - the revving of the engine should alert you you need to change up at least

[jno]

I usually drive an automatic but sometimes have to rent a manual while abroad, and I've had no trouble. As bednobs says, the revving alerts you. You could try to keep your left hand dear the gear lever to remind you.

I don't think they fail you just for letting the revs get too high or low (though they might if it actually stalled).

[fredpuli47]

Drive a manual for an hour. Borrow a car, or better perhaps, just take a driving lesson (having explained why!) I drove nothing but automatics for twenty years. Then I hired a manual on holiday.What got me, apart from stalling occasionally, is that I'd forgotten how to restart a manual car on an uphill slope.This was embarrassing as I was on a road in the Alps at the time! You can imagine the look on the face of the driver behind as I began to roll slowly back!

[joko]

i can drive a manual very well...im talkin more about 'habit really...being able to get into the mindset of manual driving rather than automatic...