What to do about Clutch Knee

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by fitcious

that's why i drive an automatic.

And all along I thought you drove an automatic because the MT has 6 speeds and you have only 4 fingers plus a thumb on one hand .......

to humfrz ...... ol @fitcious didn't deserve that ...... humfrz is sorry ....

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

Just been around long enough to remember real cars with things like points/distributors, sticky cable clutches, manual chokes, and bias ply tires. You know, cars that put hair on your chest.

Kids these days... so spoiled. smh

Yep, back in the day (here we go again @swarb ) maybe it was because we had other things that hurt worse, when messen with our cars.

* kickback from the hand crank

* holding onto a magneto wire to see if it was making spark

* trying to adjust the valves on a hot, running engine with a screwdriver, while working a wrench and feeler gauge.

* getting hit in the face with a brake return spring while trying to install it

* being hit in the face with the "run away" handle on a bumper jack

* burning your fingers while lighting patch glue, while patching a tire tube

* trying to see at night with 6V, non-sealed beam headlights

* getting your eyebrows singed by spraying ether in a carburetor, when the engine backfired

OK ....OK....... I'll take ma meds and turn in .......


humfrz

[Turbo95eg6]

Originally Posted by fitcious

that's why i drive an automatic.

lol this dude just said automatic...

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by humfrz

OK ....OK....... I'll take ma meds and turn in .......


humfrz

G'night, humfrz

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

G'night, humfrz

ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

[iag48st]

Op, I feel your pain except I have a problem with my achilles heel. When I get caught in Manhattan stop-and-go traffic in my daily (manual NA Miata) I get a lot of discomfort in my left foot. I just try to open up the gap with the car in front so that i can just crawl in first gear and minimize clutch use.

That being said, whenever I drive my AT FRS hard, Im always impressed at how quickly (.3 of a second) I can "change" gears; gotta love that Rev-Match feature! I love manuals as much as the next enthusiast but it's 2015 and autos are not what they were. These autos despite not being dual clutch, still shift faster than any human and give you full control of your gears. Some say its more fun pressing a clutch to change gears, I say in a modern car...it feels archaic.

[ZionsWrath]

OP, why don't you just test drive a new vehicle to see if your used one is functioning as designed. It's free and doesn't require a physical over the internet

[RichardsFRS]

Originally Posted by humfrz

Well, back in the day, "more sex" didn't work for me ....... in fact, it made it worse.

Back in Bridgeport, CT, I jumped out of a back window of this girls apartment, as her big ol boyfriend was banging on her door ...... and twisted my knee even worse ........


humfrz

Tuck and roll

[RichardsFRS]

Originally Posted by iag48st

Op, I feel your pain except I have a problem with my achilles heel. When I get caught in Manhattan stop-and-go traffic in my daily (manual NA Miata) I get a lot of discomfort in my left foot. I just try to open up the gap with the car in front so that i can just crawl in first gear and minimize clutch use.


Thats one of my tactics, and when you open a car gap, nine more try to pull in from either side in Atlanta. Atlanta is really bad



That being said, whenever I drive my AT FRS hard, Im always impressed at how quickly (.3 of a second) I can "change" gears; gotta love that Rev-Match feature! I love manuals as much as the next enthusiast but it's 2015 and autos are not what they were. These autos despite not being dual clutch, still shift faster than any human and give you full control of your gears. Some say its more fun pressing a clutch to change gears, I say in a modern car...it feels archaic.

Yep this is why exotics and most vettes are sold as paddle shifters. No man can shift as fast as the cars need to be shifted really.

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by RichardsFRS

Tuck and roll

AKA a PLF (Parachute Landing Fall)

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by RichardsFRS

Tuck and roll

"Tuck and roll" ! .......

Y, I remember ....back in the day ... ( @swarb - don't miss this one), one could drive your car down to Mexico, and in about 2 days and $100 later, have a "tuck and roll" upholstery job done ...... with "real" leather ........


humfrz ....... stuck in the 50s ........

[swarb]

Originally Posted by humfrz

"Tuck and roll" ! .......

Y, I remember ....back in the day ...

You can actually still do that. Back in the day...(early 00's) my friends who were into car shows(rice), they would take their cars to mexico to get $450-500 full interior wrapped in vinyl. Full interior! headliner, dash, pillars, seats, door panels, rear deck. It would only take a day, and 10 dudes would work on your car.

[MattyMcdaddy]

Originally Posted by go_a_way1

I used to drive stick like you.... Then I took an arrow to the knee

Lawl maiq thinks this is funny

[AznKirby]

Damn, the quality of threads are getting better in here. I must log in more often!