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OctaneFRS · 06-15-2015, 02:30 PM

Hello everyone,

I'm new to the board and I must say, this is a great board with a tremendous amount of information. I always find myself back here when I have a question.

I just picked up my raven FR-S last Friday and I'm still trying to get acclimated to driving a manual. I've driven many manuals before (albeit 15-20 years ago) and most recently my girlfriend's GTI. I had very little issues with shifting in that car.

So my issues are as follows. First gear seems to be very notchy even at a dead stop. I don't shift into first except in that scenario. Also, I am obviously doing something wrong as I cannot for the life of me shift smoothly in the lower gears. I've tried letting the clutch all the way out (quickly and slowly) without gas, rolling on the gas as I clutch out and actually giving it a little gas as I clutch out. It always gives me a nice jolt. Nothing seems to work. I have gotten it smooth a few times but there isn't any consistency. Does anyone have any ideas of what could be going on? Thanks!

06-15-2015, 02:30 PM	#1
OctaneFRS Member Join Date: May 2015 Drives: 2015 FR-S Raven Manual Location: Virginia Posts: 31 Thanks: 19 Thanked 5 Times in 5 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	New Manual FRS owner Hello everyone, I'm new to the board and I must say, this is a great board with a tremendous amount of information. I always find myself back here when I have a question. I just picked up my raven FR-S last Friday and I'm still trying to get acclimated to driving a manual. I've driven many manuals before (albeit 15-20 years ago) and most recently my girlfriend's GTI. I had very little issues with shifting in that car. So my issues are as follows. First gear seems to be very notchy even at a dead stop. I don't shift into first except in that scenario. Also, I am obviously doing something wrong as I cannot for the life of me shift smoothly in the lower gears. I've tried letting the clutch all the way out (quickly and slowly) without gas, rolling on the gas as I clutch out and actually giving it a little gas as I clutch out. It always gives me a nice jolt. Nothing seems to work. I have gotten it smooth a few times but there isn't any consistency. Does anyone have any ideas of what could be going on? Thanks!