Great vid! Helpful for novices. Thought it a worthy post! https://youtu.be/_cbZlhduYJY
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02-10-2016, 11:02 AM | #1 (permalink) |
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5 Things you shouldnt do in a manual car
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Good info for new manual drivers.
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Most people I know are guilty of putting pressure on the stick & poor hill starts... Most rock back and forth on the incline till the light changes.
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Good info
Didn't know it was bad to lug the engine though. Yes, I understand the gearing disadvantage and poor gas mileage. But if you're not looking to accelerate fast, is it really hurting anything? If so, what specifically? I like my exhaust note when I roll into the throttle pretty heavy around 2K RPMs. I'm not going WOT or anything, but I am deliberately giving it more throttle than is necessary.
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Stalling is a bad thing to do too..
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A nice clutch-kick can be fun, though
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Sure it's bad... do it enough and you'll wear out your clutch prematurely. One stall isn't going to cause much wear. But it'll add up over time.
Same with holding your hand on the shifter in between shifts for a few seconds. That few seconds isn't going to cause much wear either. But it adds up a lot quicker when you rest your hand on the shifter constantly.
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One is ok. The other is not.
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Absolutely!
As long as your car is so old it doesn't have syncros. Or like my truck where the 1st - 2nd syncro is **** so I have to double clutch into it, or it grinds like hell. It's **** because the slave cylinder died while I was about 100 miles from anywhere, no clutch and had to rev match gears everywhere. I got pretty good at it though, but 1st to 2nd was hard on me and that transmission.
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