Video: 5 Things You Should Never Do In A Manual Transmission Vehicle

[MisterSheep]

With the amount of new manual drivers we have in the 86 community I thought I would post up this video about what habits you should not do while driving your manual transmission vehicle.

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I know most people who have driven manual trans will probably know some of these, but this guy goes in to the actual mechanics that goes on when you exhibit these bad habits.

[Packofcrows]

LOL gearshift rest one. Where do you rest on a twin?

Sky: You don't! You just drive faster.

But seriously, if you drive 40min+ you get tired.

[Talus1]

Lately, I've noticed that I'm resting my hand more on the gearshift, which is something I consciously trained myself not to do when I was learning to drive so many years ago. It just struck me that it is probably from daily driving the BRZ across town in traffic. I shift gears a lot more in this car than any of my previous ones, to catch holes in traffic or whatever. I must be subconsciously anticipating another shift... all the time...

Lack of torque FTW.

[mdm]

Resting hand on the lever: as he admits, it's probably more about having your both hands on the wheel, the risk of significant wear is small.


Not keeping in gear when waiting for green light - true, but then you have to be very fast engaging the 1st gear, here people honk if you don't start rolling within 200 milliseconds of the green light. In Europe you have a dedicated signal between red and green (red and yellow) which gives time to put into gear, but AT-centric North America does not have that.

[MisterSheep]

Originally Posted by Packofcrows

LOL gearshift rest one. Where do you rest on a twin?

Sky: You don't! You just drive faster.

But seriously, if you drive 40min+ you get tired.

Originally Posted by Talus1

Lately, I've noticed that I'm resting my hand more on the gearshift, which is something I consciously trained myself not to do when I was learning to drive so many years ago. It just struck me that it is probably from daily driving the BRZ across town in traffic. I shift gears a lot more in this car than any of my previous ones, to catch holes in traffic or whatever. I must be subconsciously anticipating another shift... all the time...

Lack of torque FTW.

I actually find myself resting my hand on or around the hand brake. I try not to rest my hand on the shifter at all and I only use it for shifting gears..

[RichardsFRS]

I rest on the ebrake now. I need an arm rest

[MisterSheep]

Originally Posted by RichardsFRS

I rest on the ebrake now. I need an arm rest

I've been looking at armrests for this car for quite some time. Just don't know which one to get because the GF drives the car sometimes and when I had my 03 WRX she used to bump her elbow on the arm rest/ center console when she shifted gears. Looking at a setup that won't do that in this car because that was a major con for her with my WRX.

[Lynxis]

I've been good about everything except resting my hand on the shifter which I didn't realize would lead to premature wear so I'll be mindful of that going forward and try to break out of that habit.

Thinking about it, I don't drive with it resting on the shifter too often because if I'll be turning a lot, both hands are on the wheel and if I'm on a longer trip then I tend to rest on the e-brake instead because it's more comfortable but if I'm driving through town for a while on the same street then I tend to rest on the shifter because I know I'll need it again soon. Gotta break that habit.

[Steelscion]

Would this mean that a heavier shift knob is just as bad as leaving hand on?

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[MisterSheep]

Originally Posted by Steelscion

Would this mean that a heavier shift knob is just as bad as leaving hand on?

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Very minuscule.. but I don't think it'll do much. I think when you subconciously leave your hand on the shifter you are ever so slightly moving it up against that clutch fork.

[KR-S]

Originally Posted by RichardsFRS

I rest on the ebrake now. I need an arm rest

Would that not create wear on the handbrake as well? I rest my arm around the handbrake and it works just as well.

[MisterSheep]

Originally Posted by KR-S 86

Would that not create wear on the handbrake as well? I rest my arm around the handbrake and it works just as well.

Anything you do to any part of the car will create wear. Such as just getting into the car and not being careful of the leg bolsters can create wear on them.

[KR-S]

Originally Posted by MisterSheep

Anything you do to any part of the car will create wear. Such as just getting into the car and not being careful of the leg bolsters can create wear on them.

True, but what I meant was premature wear as with the selector fork. I don't remember the exact reason and I may be remembering things wrong but someone on here gave their reasons why using the handbrake as an armrest is a bad idea.

[Entroper]

Originally Posted by Steelscion

Would this mean that a heavier shift knob is just as bad as leaving hand on?

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If anything, it might damp the vibrations a little.

Originally Posted by mdm

Not keeping in gear when waiting for green light - true, but then you have to be very fast engaging the 1st gear, here people honk if you don't start rolling within 200 milliseconds of the green light. In Europe you have a dedicated signal between red and green (red and yellow) which gives time to put into gear, but AT-centric North America does not have that.

I can usually tell from what the other lanes are doing if my light is about to turn green. I used to look at the other lights, but that only works well at night. I'm the guy who honks at you for not paying attention.