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Originally Posted by Jeffblue time=money. considering the OP will likely take at least a 6-7 thousand dollar loss selling the car, it would be worth the few hours it would
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12-05-2010, 03:25 PM
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12-05-2010, 04:30 PM
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Yeah..don't want to take that big of a hit, maybe max $1-2k but $6-7k wouldn't be worth it. I was doing well last week and then Friday just stalled like crazy..guess I just need more practice. Once I'm into 1st i'm fine, can shift smooth from 1-2...
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12-05-2010, 04:36 PM
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it was a scary experience because if i failed, something bad would happen. Luckily, nothing bad happened.
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12-05-2010, 05:12 PM
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Funny as I feel completely the same way--about an Automatic! LOL
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12-06-2010, 06:53 PM
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 I was terrible at driving stick when I first started out but it just clicked one day and I suddenly knew what I was doing. Don't give up or get discouraged! It is DEFINITELY worth it to stick it out. I will never own an automatic car again I wish i had your car ): Last edited by uhohitzluke; 12-06-2010 at 06:57 PM. |
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12-06-2010, 07:01 PM
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 i'm glad to see you coming around to the idea of sticking with it. you will be very happy in the long run. don't worry stalling it either. despite what other people say, its really not that bad for your car, as long as its not something you do all the time, consistently throughout the ownership of the vehicle. another thing you can practice is getting comfortable with the engagement point without any gas. With the car on a flat surface, let the clutch out slowly until you see the rpms dip a tiny bit. you will see the tach needle go down about 100 rpm and you will hear the engine speed go down. that is the engagement point. as son as this happens, just clutch all the way down. and try again. This will help you really get a feel for the clutch. |
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12-06-2010, 11:08 PM
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my last car was a 2005 mercedes c320 sports sedan and i wanted a manual. the salesman said they did not make c320 (6-cylinders) with a manual, they only made c230 (4-cylinders) with a manual but he said he would check with the factory and get back to me. factory told him no problem and it took about a month for them to build it and ship it to the US. i traded it in for the nismo. whoever has that car now has a pretty rare car when i wrote that it would take a while for a person to become good enough to enjoy driving a mt, i was thinking about having the ability to drive at speeds just as good as another person with an AT 370z (because that's why we buy sports cars). That can take years but if the objective is just to drive a mt smoothly, that should not take too much time. are you superstitious? My car is number #4 and #4 in Japanese and chinese sound like death. I am scared to drive the car after i found this out because i am somewhat superstitious so my car is not that desirable
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12-12-2010, 09:30 PM
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Since I am not riding with you, I don't know what exactly is giving you problems getting started, but with most people they want to let out the clutch really quickly and get going. You want to get to the engagement point and hold it there until the RPMs start rising again. Once they start to rise, let off the clutch and go.
Its really not too difficult, but requires practice to get to the engagement spot quickly and making sure you hold the clutch at the engagement point even if you are rolling backwards for a second 
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