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12-03-07, 01:26 PM

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Originally Posted by mikeho

Is it? This is my first MT car... Each clutch is different though and mine was very progressive and long, so it seems easier to shift smoothly.

On my car, the pedal travel is VERY long, but the actual space within that travel that the friction point occupies is very short. It's not quite an on/off switch (like say, the 2007 G35's clutch), but it's pretty close.

From reading the reviews of this car, that seems to be the norm. So maybe you lucked out.

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12-03-07, 01:30 PM

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The general impression is that the manual on the IS is weak at best. I came from a stick and said I'd never drive another slushbox. Unfortunately, I just could not resist the 350.....and we lived happily ever after....the end.

Try a search on the differences between 07-08 and general pricing talk.

especially if you came from a honda manual tranny, probably the best feeling, smoothest shifting manual out of any manafacturer, especially the S2000. I came from a 88 prelude and 2000 prelude

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12-03-07, 01:40 PM

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I would have to agree.....Honda/Acura are probably among the best sticks in the non-exotic game.

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12-03-07, 03:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Recluse

Haha.. I guess I did. I don't know the terminology, but I suppose the friction point for mine is very, very long. My clutch point is about 1/6th into the travel and the catch point (where the engine starts catching on the way up from fully depressed) is also about 1/6th on the way back. That gives me about 2/3 of the travel being the actual friction point.

And I agree. I drove my friend's Civic Si and another friend's TSX. They have the smoothest shifters I've ever driven and they're much better than the IS. However, they're FWD. That just kills it right there.