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Pharmacist · 07-25-2009, 04:40 PM

Also make sure to press clutch all the way between shifts. I too am learning to drive manual on my Z, my first ever manual car. After a week of driving it, about 300 km or so, I'm now much better and smoother. I still stall occasionally, but not that often any more, and my gearshifts are relatively smooth. So far I still have the SRM on. I'll experiment with advanced techniques like hill start, rev matching, heel and toe in a few months after I master the basics.

Also, familiarize yourself with the point at which the clutch begins to grab. Because that is the point at which you will modulating clutch and gas to start the car moving. Basically, there are 2 ways to do it. First is to keep your right foot on the brake, and very very slowly lift off the clutch while keeping your eye on the tach. the moment you notice a small dip in engine rpm is the moment at which the clutch is starting to make contact with the flywheel. the other method is to keep the car on a perfectly flat horizontal surface. Do not touch either brake or gas. Very very slowly release the clutch. The point at which the car begins to creep forward is the point at which the clutch started to grab.

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Pharmacist A True Z Fanatic Join Date: May 2009 Location: Toronto, Ontario Posts: 1,249 Drives: 09 370z Sport 6MT Rep Power: 18	Also make sure to press clutch all the way between shifts. I too am learning to drive manual on my Z, my first ever manual car. After a week of driving it, about 300 km or so, I'm now much better and smoother. I still stall occasionally, but not that often any more, and my gearshifts are relatively smooth. So far I still have the SRM on. I'll experiment with advanced techniques like hill start, rev matching, heel and toe in a few months after I master the basics. Also, familiarize yourself with the point at which the clutch begins to grab. Because that is the point at which you will modulating clutch and gas to start the car moving. Basically, there are 2 ways to do it. First is to keep your right foot on the brake, and very very slowly lift off the clutch while keeping your eye on the tach. the moment you notice a small dip in engine rpm is the moment at which the clutch is starting to make contact with the flywheel. the other method is to keep the car on a perfectly flat horizontal surface. Do not touch either brake or gas. Very very slowly release the clutch. The point at which the car begins to creep forward is the point at which the clutch started to grab. Last edited by Pharmacist; 07-25-2009 at 04:44 PM.