"Neil drives a beetle and a fancy beetle" (1500sand535)
03/27/2016 at 23:46 • Filed to: None
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"Neil drives a beetle and a fancy beetle" (1500sand535)
03/27/2016 at 23:46 • Filed to: None | 2
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I have a void of friends or family who drive manuals in my life. Today my brother who has always lived in a different city from me since I was 16 let me drive his manual car for 10 minutes in the local fairgrounds and then drive it home. I had a hard time finding the right point for the clutch but I was definitely thinking too much. After I started getting a feel for it and said, “it’s definitely more fun than an automatic” then I think I started struggling again. Damn, opened my big mouth too soon.
Anyways, I’ve been thinking that it would be good to get a fuel efficient but quick and practical little front wheel drive car lately, like a vibe/matrix, and i think at this point I'd shop mostly for a manual because it seems like something that after a month I wouldn't even think about anymore.
jkm7680
> Neil drives a beetle and a fancy beetle
03/27/2016 at 23:54 |
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I kinda get tired of it sometimes in my DD. Especially since I sit in traffic for massive amounts of time.......
e36Jeff now drives a ZHP
> jkm7680
03/28/2016 at 00:00 |
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If its just really slow traffic vs true stop-and-go I have no issues, I just putter along in 1st or 2nd and engine brake to slow down so I don’t have to clutch. stop-and-go sucks does suck though.
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jkm7680
> e36Jeff now drives a ZHP
03/28/2016 at 00:01 |
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My traffic is allll stop and go. Gotta hate DC. Thankfully I'm moving soon....
DoYouEvenShift
> jkm7680
03/28/2016 at 00:09 |
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Meh, its not so bad. My commute is 20 miles/1 hour of stop and go. If anything it makes it less boring.
Nauraushaun
> Neil drives a beetle and a fancy beetle
03/28/2016 at 00:50 |
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It’s all practice :) It just takes time and experience to really get a hold of it, once you do that’s when the fun comes.
Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
> Neil drives a beetle and a fancy beetle
03/28/2016 at 00:51 |
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You get used to it. I still stall it every now and then, but it’s no big deal.
RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars
> Neil drives a beetle and a fancy beetle
03/28/2016 at 07:41 |
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Traffic has never been a concern for me as I live in a semi-rural area with 3 small towns nearby. I don’t think I’d get worried about it in “real” traffic though either - it’s just of how the car works.
The thing I hate is very steep hills....but that’s what the handbrake is for! :)
marshknute
> Neil drives a beetle and a fancy beetle
03/28/2016 at 07:50 |
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I started teaching a friend to drive stick on my C6 Vette. Mr. Regular is right: thanks to the massive torque, it’s surprisingly easy to learn on. Even if you massively screw up and pop the clutch, it still gets going in 1st gear. It may be jerky, but it’s HARD to stall.
DutchieDC2R
> Neil drives a beetle and a fancy beetle
03/28/2016 at 09:57 |
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If you keep doing it, day-in-day-out, youll get used to it and itll become second nature. No worries, driving a manual is awesome.
Eric @ opposite-lock.com
> e36Jeff now drives a ZHP
04/07/2016 at 00:43 |
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I’m with you. If I can keep the douchebags of the greater Seattle area from whipping in front of me, I can usually smooth the stop-and-go out into a gentle in-gear crawl, which is only mildly irritating (I mean, I can kind of zone out and listen to music), compared to hardcore stop-and-go gridlock that it takes forever to escape (see South Lake Union for afternoon/evening rush hour)...
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e36Jeff now drives a ZHP
> Eric @ opposite-lock.com
04/07/2016 at 15:57 |
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Once while leaving a HPDE in WV, I got stuck in a rediculous backup on a huge downhill, I think it was something like a 6-8% grade for a full mile. I drove down the entire hill in 1st and never touched the brakes or gas, the traffic was moving at exactly the right speed for it. It was glorious.