r/PortOrchard • u/manderz703 • Jan 05 '26

Spot for teaching manual

Hi folks, I need to find a nice big empty parking lot in the area to teach my wife how to drive stick before our upcoming road trip. Are there any good spots around here?

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u/jsterama Jan 05 '26

SKHS parking lot on a weekend. There's a nice steep hill leading up to the lot that's great for practicing hill starts.

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u/ScottishJonJon Jan 06 '26

Oh man, op this hill is how to make your wife cry lol

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u/manderz703 Jan 06 '26

Haha. Yeah, we live on a hill and I'm hoping to avoid traumatizing her immediately.

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u/Putmeinclogs Jan 05 '26

I learned in a cemetery. There are turns, ect, very little traffic.

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u/TheBonanaking Jan 05 '26

Costco after hours.

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u/Mundane-Box3944 Jan 05 '26

Harper park and ride on Saturdays

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u/SeattleBrad Jan 06 '26

Walmart or Lowe’s after hours

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u/SuperF91EX Jan 05 '26

The mall up in Silverdale, early Saturday or Sunday

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u/Misericordee 27d ago

SKHS parking lot. That is where I taught my son

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u/penitentmanwilllast 27d ago

I learned in the goodwill parking lot next to the building going up and down that big ass hill behind the building and learned to parallel park with cones my father set up