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Old 03-01-04, 08:04 PM
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Originally posted by Technics
LOL, I'm sure you didn't master driving a stick in 3 hours!! In that case I learned to drive stick in 5mins on residential streets, I never went to a parking lot to practice first!! Learning on the street with traffic all by yourself and in an empty lot with an instructor are two different things...LOL. It took a good week though before my shifts were seamless.
umm.... i started learning on the street, my wife started at the parking lot. and i was talking about driving the car off after 3 hours. learned it for 3 hours back in 1996 and 2003 i went into the dealership and drove off my is3
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Old 03-01-04, 10:47 PM
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Next lesson: Learning to shift without using the clutch. lol. I've seen ppl do it, but can't figure out how

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Old 03-02-04, 05:02 AM
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Clutchless shifting is all about perfect rev matching and complete lack of mechanical sympathy. No matter how you do it, you are still going to crunch the gears. I have watched a mate Start his car in first (no clutch - starter motor pushed the car!), then continue to change gears all the way to 4th without the clutch

I can do it, but i choose not to!

P.S. I tought my gf to drive manual in about 2 days (she had only driven Auto before), about 3 lessons in total. Some people are just naturals...
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Old 03-02-04, 06:48 AM
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Originally posted by SC300Es
Next lesson: Learning to shift without using the clutch. lol. I've seen ppl do it, but can't figure out how

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Clutchless shifting ? I won't try that with my car.
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Old 03-02-04, 02:48 PM
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Thanks for the feedback u guys, learned a lot. Now gonna go try on my uncle's RX8 Hope this goes well.
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Old 03-02-04, 05:54 PM
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Originally posted by SexySC
Clutchless shifting ? I won't try that with my car.
but i WILL try powershifting
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Old 03-02-04, 06:19 PM
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here's a good link

http://www.waycoolinc.com/z3/essenti...e/shifting.htm
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Old 03-02-04, 07:19 PM
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Originally posted by EGainer
here's a good link

http://www.waycoolinc.com/z3/essenti...e/shifting.htm

Cool link, can't believe i read the whole thing but i learned a whole lot more. THanks
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Old 03-02-04, 08:40 PM
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Originally posted by SexySC
Clutchless shifting ? I won't try that with my car.

Yes, clutchless shifting is very bad for regular cars especially those w/ synchro cars, which would be 99.99% of us here!
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