Girlfriend vs 2022 Subaru BRZ - How to Drive Stick (Part 1)

[@jayforjessica]

Let's play a game. Can you make it through the whole video? Thumbs up if you're a survivor. :) The rules are: 1. Drink every time I stall the car. 2. Drink every time I say "okay" or "alright". 3. Drink every time Fenton says "marinate".

[@grips2k845]

Marinate marinate marinate

[@Animefan223]

I’m wasted, send help

[@wesleyrice2138]

i vote for... zygrene to do ASMR shifting, and talking about marinating

[@xanafein8453]

I'm 31, drive a manual 18 speed semi for work. Bought a new brz, stalled it at literally the first red light I hit. Everyone stalls. This was a very wholesome video good vibes all around.

[@minigungaming5404]

I bought one as well and I'm learning how to drive manual amd every time I drive brz I stall😅

[@MateosFiestaST]

Fenton also taught me how to drive manual 10 years ago and is responsible for all my sports car purchases lol

[@bingoberra18]

Everyone should teach at least one person how to drive a manual!

[@shakespeareracing7822]

February: Girlfriend vs 2022 Subaru BRZ - How to Drive Stick (Part 1) March: 2022 Subaru BRZ Track Battle Feat. Zygirlfriend!

[@JeffMartinEquinox]

I think you and your girlfriend are brave to go into a stressful situation like this learning, and you both had a really good attitude throughout the whole thing.

[@kwantran]

3:16 "that's I know I found a keeper" lol Zygrene also taught me. An incredible teacher and communicator... Cept when I was too ambitious and stalled on a street... And had cars honking at me. (: Thanks sensei

[@Barbwire710]

Very nice!!! 👍

[@verdict1163]

Thank you for teaching this properly. Feeling the engagement point without any gas is the best way to start.

[@Bodangers]

@11:45 LOL you guys are adorable and shes such a good person. Also @14:17 "Teach me how to drift" after learning how to go into 1st gear.

[@jaykang727]

I almost divorced with my wife teaching manual…

[@Zygrene]

HAHA if you can make it through a manual lesson without killing each other, then you know it's true love

[@Jo-bt3xr]

Wish I had a boyfriend as patient like this😛😀 Way to go girl💪💪

[@ラッセル9728]

2:42 THIS. This emphasize on just letting go of the clutch was a life changer for me! I would hate the ones where they tell you to let go of the clutch AND the gas. Thats why they would stall because they have no feeling for the clutch lol.

[@CubanDre]

Lol. She did great. I've used this exact method to teach my friends. And spent way more time trying to get them out of first gear. Congratulations drift queen.

[@artblackwood7936]

Great job. I'm about to teach my daughter to drive standard. Will definitely use some of your excellent patient methods.

[@stms4411]

Good on you. I bought my elder daughter a civic and taught her to drive stick. Now she is a pro and loves driving manual as if it is a badge of honor (which it is) My younger one is a little hesitant to start the process - dreading the awkward beginning - but she’s only 15 now. Good luck!

[@JasonYergin]

I actually drove a manual car perfectly the very first time, but ONLY because I had been riding dirt bikes since I was 8 years old. I stalled motorcycles so many time when I was first learning on ones with a clutch and gears. 😄

[@mikemcgee3493]

Good video and nice patient teaching! Makes me think back to learning stick on a '78 Rabbit with no power steering from my dad. And then how he was driving farm trucks with two gear boxes and no synchros over the hills in LA back in the late 40's and early 50's as a teenager. Technology has changed!

[@litesp]

One key technique I teach to shift smoothly is rotating your ankle while releasing the clutch pedal rather than lifting your foot straight up. You get better modulation and control over the engagement.

[@TypeVertigo]

Really good video and good on Jess for picking it up quickly. I remember how I learned all those years ago and I stalled all the time. My parents had me drive to my grandma's on Sundays for a year to get me used to it. It's much more challenging to learn stick in a city without much leeway and lots of congestion.

[@petermartin9494]

What a lovely gf. I hope you show her all the care and appreciation she deserves.

[@pchae1]

“Designated Advisor” would’ve been better. You are a good teacher and she is a quick learner. Way better than when I learned on my EP3.

[@emmanuelguerrero3751]

It took a week of driving for hours to teach my friend, most of that was trying to get it going from first gear. I'd say you did a good job!

[@nosafetyy9468]

I wish my dad was this patient when he taught me, but good job man!

[@fl4tbxr]

Nice job! 7/10 - How to drive manual: "Let it marinate" lol

[@brandonn2584]

When did he say that?

[@vvsarja]

@@brandonn2584 Multiple times after about 10 mins.

[@shabbychic002]

My boyfriend has the same car but 23 and he started teaching me! This video was helpful ❤ ty!

[@EstorilE36M345]

Learned to drive stick driving in first and reverse only moving cars around a VW/Audi dealership as a service porter. I did that for like 3 months before ever driving on the road and grabbing the next gear. It was great

[@patricklinkous]

I tried to teach my wife to drive stick on my old Versa and she did ok, but had zero interest in learning more. It would have made swapping cars around a lot easier. Your girlfriend did great. 👍

[@stms4411]

Tell your GF that she had a great attitude about this…..and you’re a good teacher. You’ll have to revisit this once she’s totally comfortable with this new skill. Would be interesting to know if she’s been bitten by the bug and joins us in saving the manuals

[@darronpattel]

That first part where you get her to push the clutch in is something I do when I'm getting use to a new vehicle, wish someone would have showed me how to drive manual this way, it would have been a lot easier...

[@CaptainBlitz]

I just learnt how to drive stick in a 2015 Jeep Wrangler. Needless to say, not remotely the same car LMAO. It had 111k miles, a worn out clutch, extremely vague shifter and I ended up stalling multiple MULTIPLE times. and I'm a car enthusiastic. Your girlfriend was doing AMAZING for a first timer.

[@darronpattel]

Car's from the 60's and 70's are the best to learn on cus shifting is such a pain so you develope a feel for it so much, 80's and 90's FR vehicles are good too cus they're cheap so you can ruin them getting use to things without worrying about too many bills. I learned manual on a 94 GTI and a 90 something civic, but am showing this vid to my cousin whos learning.

[@finderskeeperz8363]

These instructions will land you on the moon! Great job!

[@shauncampbell969]

Guys!!! This was an informative and great vid! I learned how to drive stick, in Paris, France. Well, almost. I drove from CDG, airport, to our home ( rental ) in a farming community two hours outside of Paris; Basically, in 3rd gear, on the highway; as I never knew what would happen in 4th gear. Yes, It was a very stressful drive. I was stressed 'cause I had my mother in the car. (Car: Ford Festiva ) the stick was high off the gearbox, like a truck, not like today's stick. This was a great video because you were very patient with the young lady. The crickets, were a nice addition 😅. I look forward to more lessons. P.S I though that it was Hysterical, when you first, picked up the car, from the dealership, with all the plastics on the car. Even driving, what? Two hours? ...to a gas station and the protection plastics were still on, the hood. You've got jokes!!! All the best Shaun of NYC 🗽

[@chelzhi]

I know exactly how she feels. One of my fears was uphill. When I learned the 1st and 2nd gear, I went to a parking lot that has uphill and kept practicing that one. I never knew my place has a lot Of little uphill untill I started driving manual.

[@sportykev]

I've always taught newbies with the engine off.. brave!

[@ArchitecturalAesthetics2046]

you guys have such great chemistry.

[@ckarsenal]

Deja vu lol

[@KrisCortez]

Thats awesome! One small tip I would add is to not rest your foot on the clutch.

[@Chi3fGaming]

Yup she shouldn’t feel bad at all I just got my first Manual car yesterday and stalled 8 times. The next morning only stalled once. Still learning though I’ll get there eventually

[@MrNorotic]

Having to explain how to drive a manual car is very tricky considering it's more a feel based thing. You did a great job of explaining it though. Your GF did great. 👍

[@forza388]

Bro amazing video! Your sound effects and reactions made me laugh 😂😂. I'm thinking of getting a brz and I have to learn manual as well 🙊

[@paulowski2489]

9:22 got me bringing my mom to "wow" together!

[@joshbecker]

I taught zygrene

[@Zygrene]

I wish I could pin multiple comments

[@spooty01]

Very nice job! Not to brag, but my lady didn't stall once when I taught her. 😝😉.

[@hankzhang9417]

exactly what i did with my wife and 22 brz over the past week :o

[@dre32pitt]

"I appreciate the footwork." - Quentin Tarantino

[@SW4GK1NG]

I must say she did probably even better than me the first time driving stick, but also to my credit the first stick car I've drove was a Impreza with twin plate clutch, which bite very hard LOL

[@MasterResolve]

Damn the old version of this was how og subs found you lol

[@bboytabz]

I was going to say his gf looks different now lol but that video was yeaaarsss ago I wonder if its still up or he took it down

[@dho]

cannot tell how much of my overall clutch wear has been attributed to letting my learning friends drive my car LOL

[@W5MHG]

Love the teaching and great job learning. I’m a retired teacher.

[@TheBishop12]

I like tha Marinate analogy 🤣👌

[@mpa1931]

PART 2: Teaching my girlfriend how to drive stick in San Francisco

[@tr4ck_day]

How did you mount the gopro for the pedals? I've been wanting to capture some foot cam.

[@mrh4195]

Wait until she discovers that magic of block shifting.

[@Jakegeno98]

Dope video man. Do you find the 2022 brz makes a lot of weird transmission noises? I have a 2018 and feel it chatters and rattles a lot.

[@TerryFT86]

=) I feel turn the traction off / put it in track mode helps letting the beginner learn the clutch better.

[@mrh4195]

So weird watching this. In the UK we all drive manual and it is almost rare to find someone who drives automatic. But our licenses convert. So a manual holder can drive automatic. But an automatic holder cannot drive manual. We also call the clutch and gas combination the 'biting point'. So we say 'reached biting point' once the clutch and gas is at a point where you edge forwards in first then move onto second and so on.

[@WayneBanga]

Aight I'm doing this with my girlfriend when my brz comes in April

[@digitalsmithy]

luckily I had my wife try it on my simulation rig first. That didn't go so well so she still hasn't graduated to the real thing yet haha. great vid

[@Zygrene]

I think sim rigs don't do it justice

[@digitalsmithy]

@@Zygrene oh no, definitely not. But it made some things pretty clear. Like the general concept hehe

[@MukiMuki688]

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[@pmayo7894]

This would better be suited with Gran Turismo or any other respectable racing game soundtrack.

[@alexl.102]

Didnt he teach his girlfriend stick in a previous video? Or was that his ex?

[@thatshortkid310]

I taught myself how to drive manual with just buying a manual car but I definitely would like to teach someone one day

[@mazdaspeedrx8]

This is great, because I’m about to teach someone how to drive stick

[@tougeruzbay]

There's gonna be a medium left moment when showing her how to race.

[@andredaedone7732]

I learned how to drive a stick on a 1972 MGB and a 1967 Beetle. Much easier in today's cars.

[@86drive86]

There goes resale value of the BRZ… lol JK awesome instruction and she did great!

[@IsaacA192]

I test drove one of these cars recently as I intend to get the GR86. I scared the dealer by asking how to drive an auto (the test car was an auto) I have never driven an auto before. I do remember learning to drive - all we ever had at the time were manual cars and this brought back a lot of memories. btw, I'm confused, why can't she lift the handbrake?

[@eduardotopete137]

i want to teach my girlfriend how to drive stick but im not the best teacher. thanks zygrene for this vid tho cuz now i can just copy how you explain it XD

[@XboxOnPodcast]

Lol same.

[@nathanthanguyen]

“marinate marinate marinate”

[@lildog007]

Where's part 2!?

[@CesarMartinez-gl9ko]

How are the brakes on this car for regular spirited driving?

[@bingoberra18]

I´m the worst teacher for manual, I feel the need to explain how the combustion process works and how the pressure plate spins with the engine but the clutch plate moves with the transmission. But then again I get asked questions like "why can´t I just drive on one gear all the time" and I hate people who say "because I say so".

[@Diiwfus]

We need track videos from her

[@Zygrene]

Part 500

[@penggvang7]

OG subscriber,I’m assuming not the same gf that drove the ap1 s2000 lol

[@trdrav4]

Next video, teaching mom how to drive stick?

[@TeraAFK]

poor girl had her foot riding the clutch the entire time. you forgot to teach her to dead pedal...

[@JeffMartinEquinox]

is the thing you are talking about with the rpms going up after shifting the hill assist? I 've been seeing several videos of people turning it off and i don't know what it is (not having driven a modern stick car for a bit)

[@Zygrene]

I think the hill assist just applies the brakes for an extra 2 seconds after your foot comes off the pedal. The rpm thing seems to be rev hang.

[@chrismendoza7190]

Everyone stalls. It’s no biggie

[@gabzor4716]

Not bad, well done

[@DC5Brandon]

Pop quiz. Would Fenton have shot this video when he had the 911? 😓

[@vaajchang]

She’s too cute haha 😂

[@petermartin9494]

You should have skipped the bit where you taught her how to stall.

[@Animefan223]

Did you let her use the special shifter 😏

[@Zygrene]

... that's our secret

[@wengme]

小两口，打情骂俏，不错啊。

[@largelampard3721]

I shift at most 1500rpm unless I'm overtaking. Maybe that's why I beat factory claim fuel efficiency by a large margin. And I also put gas before releasing the clutch, bad habit from 2 stroke bike. I still remember stalling dozens of times bringing my first bike home.

[@izzoArtistry]

Yay!

[@Synthwave89]

Zygirlfriend getting a Sileighty when?

[@brzo.]

you remind me of me and my gf, just like us

[@inkkisdead7307]

Baby can you teach me too, HAHAHAHA

[@Zygrene]

Hmu

[@maxymillion7480]

San Francisco BAE Area.

[@marccandrift]

I taught my girlfriend the same haha

[@commentmancommentman1658]

wait, i thought u had a gf u taught her in your s2k?

[@chicomaxima1]

Do all over again with a new girlfriend😄 and get matching BR z's😒

[@JustRitschie]

Very cute & nice video :D

[@dachanist]

She did fine but you failed to teach her how to drift.

[@samlam3117]

U two r so cute together.

[@MetalsForBrunch]

lol I would never teach a person in a brand new car.

[@Zygrene]

Yolo

[@danpark4975]

You should let her drive the nsx. Lol

[@andr3w27]

I bet a bunch of dirty jokes got edited out lol

[@flamefleir]

I remember when you had a vid with your other girl hahaha

[@evanjimenez79]

she is cute.. respectfully

[@SilverScarletSpider]

In some ways she looks half your age 😔

[@rluo22]

your ex play stick better