i may have to drive on H1 at 5pm today :-(

yeah i'll try not to panic. I killed it twice going to school today. I'll try my best to not balance with the clutch but I think for the first couple weeks I will until I can kind that grab point faster.

 

read my post before yours

 

granny shifting is a real slow and smooth way to shift gears.
Most of the earlier posts on your thread pretty much explain how to do it.
Just don't slam it into gear.
Good luck.

 

yeah i been granny shifting most of the time, only thing i worry is when i re-engage (release the clutch) i'm going to slow that I may be burning it out, but it feels smooth.

 

i sorta understand the concept of connecting the transmission to the engine. Engine is constantly spinning and using the clutch and gear shifter is to connect the transmission to it. iNfEK you kinda scaring me cuz you make me think i'll kill the transmission :-(

But as long as I shift non-aggressively then I guess i'll worry about killing the clutch.

 

1-2 shift is the hardest but the other gears are easy. That's why the H-1 training regime is the best way to learn. I tried to learn as much as I can about transmissions when I started stick. But NOTHING will beat making your body learn the timings. You might look at your tach often at first, but you can tell the RPM range by just the sound after a while.

Just like Bruce Lee said, "Don't think, feel"

On a side note, if you do pick up an AP, the throttle might feel a little dead after a reflash until the ECU can relearn. Just a reminder...

 

nah no be scared... what'd I say to make you scared?

 

the transmission link had a video about fixing a broken transmission :-X Gosh, a couple hours more of class and work and I'll be in traffic!

 

Yeah the only feeling I worry about is the car shaking trying to move from a stop to first Cuz that probably means i'm about to stall.

Shifting I can kinda make smooth if I go really slow off the clutch going 1 to 2, but I'm worried that i'm "sliding" or "running" the clutch. Like is smoothly using clutch going to wear it out faster

 

Stop and go traffic on level ground isn't that bad because it doesn't take that much throttle to keep the car from stalling. Be smooth on the clutch. A clutch is a wear item, but gears technically shouldn't be. Better to be hard on a clutch than on gears and syncros.

 

This car is one of the easiest manuals ive ever driven, its a joke haha. Just practice practice practice, itll be like 2nd nature soon enough.

 

http://www.standardshift.com/faq/

pretty much everything you need to know about MT.

Good luck and drive safe out there!

 

made it home, but wasn't really stop and go so i got lucky.

 

Sweetie, dont let these guys scare you. They are trying to give you the most information they can on what "CAN" happen. I too learned how to drive a stick on a suby. They boys scared me on a cruz once saying i burned out my clutch when really all i did was glaze it. (basicly i pissed it off, didnt break it) lol

Just be patient with it & if you can, go to kapolei industrial park (have someone drive you there) and try and learn on a saturday or sunday afternoon. Its got turns & stop signs. its good practice for the stop and go of city streets w/o the actual cars getting pissed off at you.

W/ the clutch thing, remember the slower the better, feel where the release point is and you'll come to get muscle memory from the practice. good luck to you! =)

 

with all due respect, what inspired you to buy a car you didnt know how to drive? especially a subaru wrx?