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Originally Posted by Toyarzee
This car is very stable at low rpm. Lugging only occurs when you are too heavy on gas pedal coming out of low rpm. It is a much heavier load on the motor when trying to push the car outside of its efficient torque curve, but the noise you're hearing isn't detrimental to the car.
I never have to think this hard about driving, when you're comfortable with stick you'll find the feel and forget about such minutiae. I'm in second gear driving 10 mph or below inside my apartment complex every day and come to a near stop at the drainage pathways and never have to leave gear. Maybe pop in clutch and then release if coming to a near complete stop. Cars are designed to function this way, as the old school rule goes, 1st gear is for when starting from a stop. All else use second...
When live tuning ecu on streets, I've had to drop into 4th at like 10 mph or below and slowly accelerate up through the power band to find the bottom end cells that need tweaking. At first you think you'll stall, but then be suprised and drive on.
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My biggest concern is that light chattering noise. I feel more confident now that you've mention it isn't causing damage to my engine. Can you tell me what is making that noise ? I thought it was the engine lugging so I've always thought better to wear out the clutch by slipping it a bit than the engine.