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Originally Posted by kannibul (Post 190017)

You're not supposed to "ride" the clutch, as in, keeping the car in gear but the clutch pushed in to keep the engine disengauged.

But, a lot of people do it, and it tends to not cause any major issues.

So, in other words, don't do it, try and get into the habit of dropping out of 1st gear into neutral when you don't need to move the car under power...and release the clutch so there's no pressure on the bearing and so on.

But, if you don't, it's not the end of the world - just like washing your car is a good idea...

Don't remind me I need to wash my baby boo. :ugh2:

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Originally Posted by kannibul (Post 190017)

I think I'm screwing up. I get caught in alot of stop-and-go traffic and right now I'm keeping the car in first and letting the clutch in about half way to get it rolling and then disengaging the clutch fully by putting the petal to the floor.

If i don't do it this way...then how do I deal with stop and go traffic? I can't just leave the car in first because if i come to a stop I'll stall out. I also dont seem to travel far enough to want to engage the clutch fully (example: I need to move about 5-10ft before i have to stop again).

Should I instead go ahead and engage the clutch fully and then just throw the car back into neutral? :confused:

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Originally Posted by Supragtsxr (Post 191231)

Half is fine, just when you push the clutch to the floor again, drop it in neutral and roll and let the clutch back out.

"By the book" that's what you're supposed to do, but, most people do as you do.

The other option ticks off all the automatic users, but, just leave it in first and idle, even if traffic opens up a bit. Kind of like how semi's do in traffic - they're doing it for the same reason - saves wear on the clutch and throwout bearing.

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Originally Posted by kannibul (Post 191238)

Ok. I'll try putting it in neutral from now on. I don't want to do anything to damage my baby lol.

I'm pleased to say I'm gettin quite good at driving a stick now. I think I'm at about 75% as good as i could be. Yay for not burning the clutch! :happydance:

my z is my first standard car, and I ran into all the same things you have been talking about, just practice and all's good.