Our Boxster is a MT car.

The Boxster GTS in our house is a MT car, not an AT car. In this age when automatic driving is said to be coming soon, what is a MT car?Definitely have the AT license removed by the time you take delivery of the car!"I made arrangements for work, left my child at home, and managed to go to a driving school to have my AT test removed.

As for the license, it went relatively smoothly...but here was the problem.

Boxster clutch, heavy...

After taking delivery of the Boxster, we decided to "try driving on empty roads first," so my husband drove us to Murozu in Hyogo Prefecture to buy oysters, and we took turns driving at a nearby port and started practicing.Come on! Then let's start the engine!"And I stepped on the clutch for the first time...

...Hey, what the heck is this! (The clutch is so heavy!

The clutch was as hard and heavy as a gym muscle training machine.

Wait, the clutch is so heavy! The Comfort in the driving school was much lighter.The husband appealed to the

I know, I shouldn't have done that with Comfort (-_-).

He replied in a cold tone.

Although I was scared to death from the start, I stepped hard on the brake and clutch and started the engine. Then, my husband came up from the side and saidThen, while stepping on the gas pedal a little, ease off the clutch.I was instructed like an instructor....

Boom boom!

The car did not start moving at all, but only the sound of the GTS engine, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry.

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Husband: "No, that's why you have to loosen the clutch more (-_-)"
Me: "I know, I know, but I'm putting too much pressure on my leg and my foot won't come off the clutch!"
Husband: "What's that?

And once I stopped practicing. Then my husband looked at my feet and

I should wear driving shoes or other shoes that are easy to drive in, not these women's shoes. I should wear driving shoes or shoes that are easy to drive in, not these women's shoes.

I was told, "I'm sorry, I don't know what to do." Eventually, that day, I kind of set off and ended up driving at a sluggish pace in first to third gear.

Later, go to Ashiyahama beach.

Later that day, I changed my mind, put on my comfortable driving shoes, and went to the nearby Ashiyahama beach to practice.(Of course, my husband is the one who drives me there.)Shoes are still important. It is much easier to drive than before, and I can relax the clutch now.

I'm already in second gear as I'm turning, and the car sounds like it's having a hard time!"
When I think the light is about to turn green, I'm ready to go!"
Why are you still stepping on the clutch when you're in neutral at a red light!"

The car would stall out and the engine would start to run.In the end, I just kept driving at a mellow pace at a maximum speed of about 30 km/h.After that, my brain was over-utilized and my vision gradually became blurry as I became dazed.I started to say something dangerous and unintelligible, "Oh, I'm dreaming now...(-_-)"So the practice was forced to end.

So, unfortunately, I never got to experience the feeling of speed as shown in the following photos...

Now it's time to hit the streets!

After several practice sessionsI'm at the lowest level, but I'm starting to be able to start, so let's run around my neighborhood, which has a lot of hills.This was the case. My husband had told me in advance that he was going to

He said, "The Boxster is HOLDED on hills, so you don't have to worry about it slipping down. So just stay calm, accelerate harder than usual, and engage the clutch and you'll be good to go.

I was told, "You will be able to drive uphill," and I set off, thinking about those words over and over again. I was able to drive relatively well on the way there, as it was all downhill, but as I approached an uphill, I was stopped at a red light as I expected. I looked at the meter and saw...

......the green HOLD letters are nowhere to be found (-_-)

I said to my husband, "Well...I don't have a hold on me." I said to my husband.

"Oh, I see, some slopes don't turn into hills, depending on the angle."

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...Seriously (,,,,,,,)! I didn't hear that!

This instantly sent me into a panic.The car slides off the brake when the light turns green and you take your foot off the brake to accelerate, then you get upset and take your foot off the clutch and the car stalls, then you try again and it stalls as well.I was about to start foaming at the mouth when my husband pulled out his hazard and we came to a stop in the middle of the road.

I should have worn the beginner's mark. I should have put a beginner's mark on my Boxster GTS. After all, my husband drove me back home, and since then, when he asked me, "Why don't you try to drive a Boxster? I have been stubbornly refusing to drive a Boxster ever since.

A new start!

But yesterday, as I was writing this blog, I had a thought...Let's practice Boxster after all!"When I decided to tell my husband, he kicked me out, saying, "That's just talk again, isn't it?This time I'm serious! What should I practice first! I guess I should start with the slope!"My husband thought for a moment, then quietly opened his mouth and said.

Oh no. I mean, before clutch and hill start, I don't think I have the guts to drive an AT when my normal car has PDK. It's not good at all. That's the first thing I need to fix. First of all, try to learn to drive smoothly like AT in Gran Turismo on the PlayStation, either manual or PDK. Then we'll talk about it.

Eh.Gee, a game...!

Yes, my husband's hobby room has this set of equipment.

My husband drives quite often. It's crazy, though, that he drives to work every day, but he even drives home virtually.I had to start with Prestige 4 first.The road to being able to drive a Boxster GTS with a manual transmission seems endlessly long.

My goal is to be able to drive the Ashiu Driveway by the end of this year.

The path of a hundred miles begins with a single step. Let's do our best.