Bought Z Cant Drive

BoostAddict · 03-02-2010, 11:53 AM

Congrats on your 40th anni Z! Beautiful color indeed.

In regards to driving manual, just be patient and practice often. Drive in areas where you feel comfortable and you'll be rowing with ease in no time.

cruzmisl · 03-02-2010, 11:54 AM

I think the best thing I can recommend to someone learning clutch (I recently went through the same thing), is that when you hear some strange noises, PUSH IN THE CLUTCH and try again. Better to do that then to force anything or stall the car.

It'll take a while to get the muscle memory down--hell, I'm still working on it and it's been just over a month.

Endgame · 03-02-2010, 12:24 PM

What mechanically happens when you stall the car? What do you damage?

ryanboy · 03-02-2010, 01:33 PM

nice;-p

Lloydy · 03-02-2010, 01:34 PM

Your pride?

Jeffblue · 03-02-2010, 01:57 PM

I test drove a Nismo with a dead battery. i stalled it when the mat got stuck under the pedals (they flip them over to keep them clean). i couldn't turn the car back on. it wasn't fun

Endgame · 03-02-2010, 02:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lloydy

your pride?

lol!! Yep!!

zero · 03-02-2010, 02:35 PM

Nice color. Did you test drive in automatic and bought stick shift?

Rui Z · 03-02-2010, 03:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zero

Nice color. Did you test drive in automatic and bought stick shift?

Yes, I test drove the automatic and loved the paddle shifters......but with such an innovative technology like SynchroRev that makes shifting easier/smoother on both downshifts and upshifts, I wanted to get a manual.

Thankz for the compliments everyone. One thing of note that you can't tell from my pictures is that there is a graphite and lavender two-tone color. You can't see the lavender when you're in sunlight, but its noticeable when you are in artificial light. Just wanted to let you know since some don't like the purple

bejan · 03-18-2010, 01:20 PM

Your car is gorgeous!!!!!!!!!!

03-02-2010, 02:35 PM	#53 (permalink)
zero A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Southern California Posts: 1,259 Drives: MK 7.5 Golf R Rep Power: 23	Nice color. Did you test drive in automatic and bought stick shift? __________________

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03-02-2010, 11:53 AM	#46 (permalink)
BoostAddict Base Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: NYC Posts: 144 Drives: 40th Anni 370Z Rep Power: 16	Congrats on your 40th anni Z! Beautiful color indeed. In regards to driving manual, just be patient and practice often. Drive in areas where you feel comfortable and you'll be rowing with ease in no time.

03-02-2010, 11:54 AM	#47 (permalink)
cruzmisl Base Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Hillsboro, OR Posts: 122 Drives: 08 G37S 6MT Rep Power: 15	I think the best thing I can recommend to someone learning clutch (I recently went through the same thing), is that when you hear some strange noises, PUSH IN THE CLUTCH and try again. Better to do that then to force anything or stall the car. It'll take a while to get the muscle memory down--hell, I'm still working on it and it's been just over a month.

03-02-2010, 12:24 PM	#48 (permalink)
Endgame A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Phoenix Posts: 1,613 Drives: Nothing Now! Rep Power: 224	What mechanically happens when you stall the car? What do you damage?

03-02-2010, 01:33 PM	#49 (permalink)
ryanboy Base Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Chicagoland Posts: 201 Drives: Red z34 09 0060 Rep Power: 15	nice;-p

03-02-2010, 01:57 PM	#51 (permalink)
Jeffblue A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: NY Age: 36 Posts: 9,192 Drives: Z32TT & 335xi Coupe Rep Power: 37	I test drove a Nismo with a dead battery. i stalled it when the mat got stuck under the pedals (they flip them over to keep them clean). i couldn't turn the car back on. it wasn't fun

03-18-2010, 01:20 PM	#55 (permalink)
bejan Base Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Chatsworth, CA Posts: 70 Drives: 09 Nissan 370Z PW M6 Rep Power: 15	Your car is gorgeous!!!!!!!!!!