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New car! My first stick!!!

lol... so yeah... after driving my friends 3000gt for like 3days... total of maybe 2hrs... i ended up with a 370z... it was the scariest thing picking up the car

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Old 07-24-2010, 08:56 PM   #1 (permalink)
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lol...
so yeah...
after driving my friends 3000gt for like 3days... total of maybe 2hrs...
i ended up with a 370z...
it was the scariest thing picking up the car from la... and bring it back to fresno... lol...

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So this is why MT's are slower than AT's...

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Congrats! Just watch the shift from 1 to 2. Shift smooth and don't rush it if you are at normal cruising speeds.
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Congrats, go easy on the clutch, don't ride it.
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1st stick, and then you drove it to Fresno? Nice, that must have been a rush!

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1st stick, and then you drove it to Fresno? Nice, that must have been a rush!

And a change of shorts were in order.
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1st stick, and then you drove it to Fresno? Nice, that must have been a rush!

yeah dude... so scary... lol i didnt stall though... even though i missed shifted twice~~ 2x where i was supposed to go 4th and went 2nd... lol...
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So this is why MT's are slower than AT's...

what is MT and AT?
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what is vdc?
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Just to let you know...AT guys are jealious of our MTs.
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sorry but what does this do again? currently mine is turned on... i think...
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