Hah yeah.. i have 10k miles on my Z, have driven manuals all my life. And if I ride my R1 for a week or so, i start having sketchy shifts in the Z. Its not the easiest of clutches to work. In fact its one of the most difficult i have come across to operate smoothly. My father, brother, best friends all drive sports cars. And not a single one was able to just jump in and drive smoothly. All I'm saying is don't feel to bad about having a hard time! and enjoy your new car
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Originally Posted by Rui Z
I probably stalled about 56 times total (poor GiZelle) since I got the car. I pretty much stopped stalling before I hit 1000 miles. I live in a hilly area, so I'm pretty decent at starting on a hill. Now that I have about 4000 miles under my belt, the only time I ever stall is when I'm backing up (blind spot scares me when backing up in this car) or parallel parking on a hill. I'm still not very smooth with the transmission (I tend to release the clutch too fast) cuz I'm always worried about riding/burning the clutch. Hopefully by the time I hit 10,000 miles I'll be smooth as a baby's butt. Just don't get discouraged. I am having a blast now and am totally glad I opted for a manual transmission. Good luck!!
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