First Manual Car

[aristo]

Originally Posted by Teseo

Question:
Its bad if i press the clutch→ blip throttle→downshift→ realese clutch all with fluid motion?

not bad

[stugray]

Originally Posted by Teseo

Question:
Its bad if i press the clutch→ blip throttle→downshift→ realese clutch all with fluid motion?

too simple. Not enough steps. You must be doing something wrong....

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by Teseo

Question:
Its bad if i press the clutch→ blip throttle→downshift→ realese clutch all with fluid motion?

You absolutely positively do not have to shift gears in this car.

[Teseo]

I will asume im doin ok

[nos145]

i have an auto frs
i love the auto frs

i drove the manual frs
it is a good frs

now i drive a manual c30 t5 and i ABSOLUTELY FUCKING HATE THAT PIECE OF SHIT CLUTCH HOLY FUCK ITS FUCKING BAD

with that said, BMW manuals are some of the best manuals i've driven.



so, before you buy a manual car w.o ever driving a manual car:
go to your local car rental shop with thy father (if you do not have a father, get a friend who drives stick), rent a manual car, and have yourself a wonderful 2-3 days of driving stick.
then go test drive the twin.

[extrashaky]

Originally Posted by nos145

so, before you buy a manual car w.o ever driving a manual car:
go to your local car rental shop with thy father (if you do not have a father, get a friend who drives stick), rent a manual car, and have yourself a wonderful 2-3 days of driving stick.
then go test drive the twin.

What rental company stocks cars with manual transmissions? I rent a lot of cars, and I have never seen a manual rental.

[nos145]

Originally Posted by extrashaky

What rental company stocks cars with manual transmissions? I rent a lot of cars, and I have never seen a manual rental.

i got mine from rent-a-wreck

found that they have manuals via a search on google and some digging in the local forums (Toronto)

[RacerX]

Originally Posted by stugray

If I am just cruising along at 55MPH trying to get good gas mileage, I'll be in 6th at 2500 RPM.

If I suddenly see I need to pull off a pass, I can down shift to 3rd which would be 4900 RPM just past the torque dip.
If you stomp it there you will soon find yourself upshifting again soon.

Forcing the 3rd gear synchro spool up the input shaft by 2400rpm in a split second is very foolish, especially when double clutching is just as fast if you're competent with the technique. Racing drivers do the same because the risk of blowing a synchro ring is not worth taking for obvious reasons.

I only use dbl clutch for skipping gears when downshifting, or shifting into 1st when moving faster than 8mph. Of course you don't need to learn or employ the technique. But the whole point of driving a MT is for control and to be mechanically in tune with the car. It's a required technique to get a commercial drivers license, and should you ever blow a synchro ring, you might be able to get your car to the shop instead of calling a tow truck.