I'm teaching my woman how to drive a stick shift, and obviously I started teaching her on my 1972 VW Bug. The problem? She was doing horribly so I tried
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I'm teaching my woman how to drive a stick shift, and obviously I started teaching her on my 1972 VW Bug. The problem? She was doing horribly so I tried her out in the Z....and of course she does 10000% better.
While she isn't riding the clutch at all, she is stalling quite a bit still and letting the clutch out VERY quick after shifts. What kind of damage can this do? Now I'm all paranoid when I'm driving alone because I think I hear it making sounds I didn't hear before.
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At low speeds, you don't have to worry about letting the clutch out too quickly and stalling. At high speeds like racing, this could cause glazing on the clutch/flywheel, which would shorten the life. But again, you don't have to worry about that.
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Obviously better if she doesn't do that, but as long as it's at low speed, you won't do too much to the car. It's not good for your motor mounts and transmission so limit it where possible. The clutch come up rather fast on this car, she needs to learn at which point it catches. Try letting her get the feel first, without the engine running. Then off to an open parking lot where all she focus on clutch feel and not hit anything. Practice with the bug. If she gets it right there, the Z will be a breeze,
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She made it out onto a real road yesterday (instead of my subdivision's road around 10pm) and did well. No hills, but traffic lights and stop signs.
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I taught someone to drive stick, and it was not going well. One thing I did that really made a difference was not letting them shift, only working the clutch. So we went to a huge parking lot, and all he had to do was concentrate on proper operation of the clutch while I worked the shifter. That enabled him to learn the basics of the clutch without getting overwhelmed by adding in the shifting.
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She'll get it soon enough, from what I can tell, I just wanted to get rid of any concerns that some damage may have been caused from the numerous, early stalls.
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Does stalling a car damage the transmission? | Answerbag How muhc can you stall before it does real damage? - 8th Generation Honda Civic Forum Can letting off the clutch too fast ruin your car? - Yahoo! Answers You can read these, but they pretty much confirm my answer. Someone did make a good point that it's far better to let the clutch out too quick than too slowly. |
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That's what I told her too, at least to make her feel better, haha. I think that's the problem too. She's so afraid of "riding the clutch" that she's letting it out way too soon. I'm trying to find the right way to tell her it's ok to "ride the clutch" while the engine engages, and that you have to keep the clutch halfway depressed for a second or two until the engine "takes over". Good info, thanks!
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