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As stated in the title this is my first manual transmission car (I did have a motorcycle for a couple of years which was also manual for whatever that's worth
) and I've been practicing for the past couple of days. However, after doing research on various sites I was wondering what my fellow Cayman drivers thought about the issue...
As you probably expected, the toughest part of starting to get used to this manual transmission is the "launch", or getting the car into first gear without stalling. When you guys are at a full stop whether it be at a stop sign or red light, and you prepare to start going forward, do you:
(a) fully step on the clutch pedal to disengage it, put it into 1st, then rev the engine to give it some RPMs and finally slowly back off of the clutch to let it engage
(b) fully step on the clutch, put it in 1st, slowly back off of the clutch until you feel that engagement point where the car starts creeping forward AND start giving it gas as it engages (I guess this is known as the "see saw" mehtod since both feet are doing the opposite of each other)
Honestly I've been doing really well once I've gotten past first; my shifting is smooth and rev-matching isn't bad at all for a novice. However, I definitely don't want to burn that clutch and I'm trying to find the best way to start from a complete stop without stalling and/or burning the clutch. Any advice or flashbacks to when you first started and how long it took YOU to actually get the hang of it before you were doing it subconsciously? Please tell... :cheers:
As you probably expected, the toughest part of starting to get used to this manual transmission is the "launch", or getting the car into first gear without stalling. When you guys are at a full stop whether it be at a stop sign or red light, and you prepare to start going forward, do you:
(a) fully step on the clutch pedal to disengage it, put it into 1st, then rev the engine to give it some RPMs and finally slowly back off of the clutch to let it engage
(b) fully step on the clutch, put it in 1st, slowly back off of the clutch until you feel that engagement point where the car starts creeping forward AND start giving it gas as it engages (I guess this is known as the "see saw" mehtod since both feet are doing the opposite of each other)
Honestly I've been doing really well once I've gotten past first; my shifting is smooth and rev-matching isn't bad at all for a novice. However, I definitely don't want to burn that clutch and I'm trying to find the best way to start from a complete stop without stalling and/or burning the clutch. Any advice or flashbacks to when you first started and how long it took YOU to actually get the hang of it before you were doing it subconsciously? Please tell... :cheers:
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