Stalling as a veteran driver

[shu5892001]

Originally Posted by husker741

I'm still getting used to having an MT, so if I stall it or chirp the tires a bit on take off, I just nail the gas and act like I meant to do that, because RACECAR.

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[SVTSHC]

The good ol third gear stall. I do that every so often.

The one that stands out the most in my mind though was a first gear stall at my old dealership. Someone just traded in a Camaro SS, which at the time I couldn't wait to "road test" before we sent it to sales. I got in and my buddy was like, "Remember this ain't your SVT, this thing has torque you don't have to feather the gas", so I was like "cool, lets do this"...... *stall*. Everyone was watching, humiliated I got out and went back to my desk in shame.

Drove it later when no one was looking to recover some of my destroyed pride

[BMA]

I was driving to Atlantic City a couple of weeks ago, and after 2 hours on the highway I came to a light as I start braking the car starts shaking violently and stalls....I forgot to put my foot on the clutch.

[Nitro]

I've been driving manual for 16 years now and I stall probably 2-3 times a year.

[chrisl]

I stalled my new (well, new to me - it's an 06 with 40k miles) red Porsche Cayman S today while trying to inch it up the curb into the driveway. I've been driving manual now for 7 years. The neighbors across the street were all outside on the lawn enjoying the sunny day. They must have thought I was a complete idiot for buying the Cayman...

(In my defense, it has about a tenth of an inch more ground clearance than the height of the curb, so I have to be really careful not to scrape, and I'm not used to that yet)

[bestwheelbase]

Originally Posted by Guff

I felt very uncomfortable reading this.

Be honest, it hit a little close to home. (We've all been there, right?)

I was just surprised someone named Mandy has these types of problems.

Originally Posted by chrisl

I stalled my new (well, new to me - it's an 06 with 40k miles) red Porsche Cayman S today

Congrats on the Cayman. Those look like fun.

[chrisl]

Originally Posted by bestwheelbase

Congrats on the Cayman. Those look like fun.

Oh, believe me, they are. In many ways, it feels to me very much like what the BRZ/FRS/86 would be if Subaru/Toyota had a target price of $60-70k, actually (even down to the naturally aspirated boxer engine). It's weird driving my Subaru (an '07 Outback) after the Cayman though - the clutch in the cayman is much heavier, so the Subaru clutch feels weirdly light afterwards.

Still though, stalling in front of the neighbors was not exactly my proudest moment...

[zygrene]

Sometimes I forget that I left the car in gear before I turned it off, so when I start the engine it stalls immediately. No public embarrassment since I'm not on the street, but every time it happens I (and my car) die a little inside.

[bestwheelbase]

Originally Posted by chrisl

Still though, stalling in front of the neighbors was not exactly my proudest moment...

Don't feel bad. My neighbors have seen far worse.

[gzpermadi]

15 years driving manual and as far as I remember did not stalled even once last year.
Since I got the 86 last 3 months already stalled more than 3 times.
The clutch is a bit weird on this car.

[jflogerzi]

I sadly stalled leaving the dealership after buying my FR-S and picking up the next day. It was a sad moment :P

[serialk11r]

Originally Posted by Giccin

LOL.

I've never got 3rd to start off from a dead start. It just.. *glug* and stops. haha

I've done it once, but my clutch groaned like crazy.

That's pretty much how every stall goes, put it in 3rd instead of first, let clutch out a little too much and it stalls.

[Noble713]

I've only been driving manuals for less than two years so you can argue about whether I'm a "veteran" driver, but I stall my Chaser *all* the time, usually when trying to reverse and not giving it enough gas.

[PHEOX]

Been driving standard for about 3 years now. Stall probably once every 6 months. When I have to jiggle with something itchy, I always wait until 3rd gear so that I have plenty of time for the task at hand.