Quote:
Originally Posted by Ultramaroon
The noise tells you it's running.
|
my brother used to have a stick shift jeep patriot. it was in the way one day we were all at the parents house, so i offered to move it, curious to play with a different stickshift vehicle.
i started it, but never heard the engine running after the starter disengaged. but the RPM needle then hovered at 900, so i assumed it was running.
it was then that i learned that i drive and shift my car almost entirely by the exhaust note.
trying to move that patriot was like a car racing game, but muted. and i had to coordinate gas and clutch to make it move.
after 30 seconds of trying to gently rev it like i normally would, i gave up, spun the gauge to 3,000 rpm where the motor started sounding like a bath fan running at half power, stirred the stick of lukewarm butter in the center console to a position that vaguely felt like first gear, and then let the clutch out slowly until it moved where i wanted it.
i never offered to move his jeep again.
by contrast, my car in stock form might as well be a straight-piped v8.