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05-28-2015, 05:34 PM | #23 |
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I may give the advice, but it doesn't mean I'm not guilty of it either lol
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05-31-2015, 10:58 AM | #24 |
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Great thread! Wish I knew before what I know now. On a hill, I'd balance the clutch and gas instead of placing the car in neutral and using E breaks. My wife is the one who taught me how to drive a manual.
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Try resting your right hand on your wifes/ girlfriends/ significant others knee....saves wear on the synchros
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05-31-2015, 08:30 PM | #26 |
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I don't think I'd admit something like What do you mean by balancing the clutch and gas though? Do you mean rocking the car on the hill or lightly holding down the gas pedal while burning out your clutch?
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05-31-2015, 08:33 PM | #27 |
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My wife's only been in the car once for a 3 minute ride when i first bought it. The only time I have a passenger is if I'm driving my daughter to soccer practice. After reading that I noticed I do fondle the knob as well. Now I rest my hand on the leather padding next to the e-brake.
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06-01-2015, 02:29 AM | #28 |
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this thread has to be on a Murica forum haha . in europe we all ( at least the most of us) learn how to drive stick allthoug you see more and more automatics/semi-auto's over here .
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06-01-2015, 10:49 AM | #29 |
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Many years ago while testing driving an Audi 5000 Quattro, the salesman was a great guy and we were quickly trading jokes. He noticed I kept my hand on the stick often and started slapping it. I think I had sore knuckles by the end of the ride and that was the end of that habit.
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Yes, it is true. My wife taught me how to drive manual when I was going to school. It was in a Nissan Sentra. My first car with manual was my Honda Civic. I still have it.
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06-02-2015, 04:50 AM | #32 | |
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When you've learned on a manual, took your driving test on a manual, and drive a manual for a living (I did for awhile), driving a manual in traffic (or at anytime) is just second nature. Driving an automatic is actually odd to you; and a complete pain in the ass (even before Bluetooth ).
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A manual transmission can be set to "comfort", "sport", and "track" modes simply by the technique and speed at which you shift it; it doesn't need "modes", modes are for manumatics that try to behave like a real 3-pedal manual transmission. If you can money-shift it, it's a manual transmission. "Yeah, but NO ONE puts an automatic trans shift knob on a manual transmission."
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Don't all E85 / E86 Z4's have hill assist as a standard feature to prevent the car from rolling back on a hill, and making hill starts with a manual shift much easier?
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EDIT: Just did some searching and it looks like this may have been added in 2006, but there's not much information out there about this "hidden" feature. Last edited by Twixboy; 06-02-2015 at 08:28 AM.. |
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06-02-2015, 08:38 AM | #35 |
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Clutch has to be fully pushed in for the hill assist to work. As soon as you start slipping the clutch and the switch is tripped, the brake lets go.
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^^ pretty sure this is a 2006+ thing, my old 2004 didn't have it
Surprised yours gives you 5 seconds, mine holds for about 1. Just enough to get on the gas and go |
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Well to be honest, I didn't time it, but its definitely more than one second on my car.
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I've known more women who drive manuals than men. There's a far higher percentage of women who knows how to drive a manual in the general populace.
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That would mean you drive, on average, ~350,000 miles per year since you started driving at the ripe age of 16.
While it's possible, it's inconceivable. That means, since you started driving, you drive on an average, 1,000 miles per day. Again, while it's not impossible, it's unlikely even if you're a truck driver. It would mean you spent on average, 15 hours a day driving. I drive more than your average 'Murkin, since even my shortest commute I drive ~35 miles to and from work. Even so, it would take me most of my adult life to accumulate 1 million miles...Much less 3. While I understand you're just trolling, I failed to see what that F30 guy said that deserves some ribbing.
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