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Originally posted by Agathon
Is this the really foul and shameful thing you wouldn't talk about in the shame thread?
Is this the really foul and shameful thing you wouldn't talk about in the shame thread?
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It's only #22. I have 21 others. Though I admitted one of them. I like the french and french culture. that is #3 on my list. -
you make it seem too easy. wikipedia has all kinds of instructions. Inlcuding shifting at appropiate RPM's. It's hard driving safely when you have to glance down at the tachometer frequently.Originally posted by Minodrin
Or as an alternative to Lawrences suggestion.
1 : Press clutch in fully. It doesn't matter if the transmission is in or not, just make sure you have it in either 1 or R (2 will probably work) when you pull out the clutch later.
2 : Turn on the engine. The brake should be pressed down if the car is in such a position that it might roll.
3 : Pull the clutch up at an even pace while giving a bit of gas. Use the clutch at this point to regulate speed.
4 : Drive
5 : When you need to change gears, press the clutch down at an even speed while you let go off the gas pedal.
6 : While the clutch is down, change to whatever gear you want, then press the clutch down again while giving a bit of gas. Experience lets you know the proper timing to give gas to keep speed. You can give gas later (if you change fast enough), you will just lose speed while changing if you do that.
7 : To park, stop car with the clutch held down, turn off the engine, switch to gear 1 (this stops the car from moving, using the handbrake is also possible), then step away from the car.
I think that about covers it, unless I have forgotten some critical detail (or just had a brainfart and written something wrong at one point).
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Isn't this just for double clutch vehicles?Originally posted by Minodrin
Or as an alternative to Lawrences suggestion.
6 : While the clutch is down, change to whatever gear you want, then press the clutch down again while giving a bit of gas. Experience lets you know the proper timing to give gas to keep speed. You can give gas later (if you change fast enough), you will just lose speed while changing if you do that.
It's almost as if all his overconfident, absolutist assertions were spoonfed to him by a trusted website or subreddit. Sheeple
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meh, it looks too complicated. I'll just buy a car with an automatic.
. but wikipedia says you can get an estra 2 mpg from a manual transmission. That's hard to pass up.
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I think that releasing the clutch after shifting gears and give some appropriate gas is better than pressing the clutchOriginally posted by Minodrin
6 : While the clutch is down, change to whatever gear you want, then press the clutch down again while giving a bit of gas. Experience lets you know the proper timing to give gas to keep speed. You can give gas later (if you change fast enough), you will just lose speed while changing if you do that.
Gearing down involves clutch, break appropriate, shift gear down release clutch and pess gas gently.
Oh, and don't jump over gears unless you are breaking heavily.With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion.
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I think that it was his brainfartOriginally posted by rah
Isn't this just for double clutch vehicles?
With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion.
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You don't have to look at the tachometer - just listen to the engine - after some practice you know when to shift.Originally posted by Dissident
you make it seem too easy. wikipedia has all kinds of instructions. Inlcuding shifting at appropiate RPM's. It's hard driving safely when you have to glance down at the tachometer frequently.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manual_...ving_techniqueWith or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion.
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Better fuel economy, faster acceleration, pinpoint control on parking....Originally posted by Dissident
meh, it looks too complicated. I'll just buy a car with an automatic.. but wikipedia says you can get an estra 2 mpg from a manual transmission. That's hard to pass up.
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Plus on a new car it seems to save you between 750 and 2000 smackeroos.Originally posted by Dissident
meh, it looks too complicated. I'll just buy a car with an automatic.. but wikipedia says you can get an estra 2 mpg from a manual transmission. That's hard to pass up.
Our Civic is standard but the minivan only came automatic IIRC
Instructions have already been given in detail. You don't need to watch RPMs as Engine sound and feel will cue you after a while. On a bicycle you know when to change gears , right ??You don't get to 300 losses without being a pretty exceptional goaltender.-- Ben Kenobi speaking of Roberto LuongoComment
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i don't know how to ride a bike.B♭3Comment
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Actually, the clutch isn't nessecary - I have once experienced a broken clutch cable and managed to get the car to the repair shop.
It was easy to gear up, but a little difficult to gear down.With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion.
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I learned to drive a stick when I was 33, from QOTM. Motive was to save money on a new car. She learned from the autodealer who sold her a previous car.
Its not all that hard. But I think easier to learn from someone, than from written instructions, here or anywhere else.
Hint - try to learn someplace FLAT. I learned in Northern Virginia. Ouch.
For years afterwards QOTM insisted I wasnt doing it right. I love catching her in the wrong gear
And I still think its a pain in *ss.
Easier parking?? What are you talking about - i much prefer parking an automatic."A person cannot approach the divine by reaching beyond the human. To become human, is what this individual person, has been created for.” Martin BuberComment
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Why press the brake when you're holding the clutch down?Originally posted by Lawrence of Arabia
there are three pedals - clutch, break, gas (from left to right.) to change gears, you need to push the clutch all the way in.
so.
when the car is off, put the stick in neutral. then press the brake and turn the car on (flat ground is a good spot to start) then press the clutch down (with your left foot, while keeping the right foot on the break) move the gear shifter into (1) then give some gas and slowly release the clutch. dont be afraid to give too much gas, but dont floor it either.Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil? Is he neither able nor willing?
Then why call him God? - EpicurusComment
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To keep it from rolling downhill.
It's almost as if all his overconfident, absolutist assertions were spoonfed to him by a trusted website or subreddit. Sheeple
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