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2.) Are manual cars such as this that require clutch to be depress before starting able to have some sort of remote start apparatus?
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I haven't heard of anyone attempting to install remote start on a newer manual vehicle.. sounds incredibly difficult and no shop wants to take liability if you happen to leave it in gear
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3.) Parking lots. I have a store near my house I visit frequently with nasty short but tall speed bumps I have to break hard enough to almost stall out, so I typically have to depress clutch, break until momentum carries me over, then get back in motion again, how would someone more seasoned handle this scenario and in what gear?
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Speed bumps? You mean those mini jumps in rural neighborhoods? i take them at 30 speed
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4.) I notice clunking sounds when shifting after being in neutral before coming to a complete stop, is that bad? Like when you're breaking coming up to a line of cars and taffic starts moving, you've already downshifted through second gear and have gone into neutral to finish coming to a stop, now you get back in gear so you shift into second and clunk, car doesn't make the same sound while stationary.
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Just the nature of small and light cars my friend, something you'll have to get use to
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5.) When you have to stop quickly, like traffic going down 2 lane road with no center lane suddenly stops to turn left and as you approach they finally turn and traffic takes off again, take the car out of gear into neutral and then guess at which gear to go back into when you can proceed? or do you downshift through the gears as your speed drops while depressing clutch the entire time?
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Quickly? You wont have time to downshift. You will learn whats the best gear to throw it into the more you drive, don't worry about that. I hardly ever downshift because brake pads are cheaper than a tranny
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6.) Starting to move: I go into first gear and find smoothest shifts to be near 4k RPM or slightly lower into second. Then keep on the gas in second and then usually in 3rd for like 5 seconds and then shift into 6th. I know people skip gears all the time but is there anything bad about going from 3rd to 6th as long as my timing on RPM drop is accurate?
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Skipping gears is 100% a okay as long as you keep it in the proper rev range. It's "so okay" that C7 vettes actually monitor your acceleration from a stop and if you're not into the throttle enough it locks-out gears 2 & 3 and forces you to 4th.. not kidding
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8.) Slow driving in general, I've heard some people say if they are moving at all they shift into second,when i'm in a small parking lot and approaching stop sign I usually just ride it out in 1st and then coast, but if you have to drive super slow I've noticed 1st gear starts to almost try to engine break and go at the same time, what am I supposed to do?
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I'm never in 1st unless i come to a complete stop, that's just my habit