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by PaintDrinkingPete
Thu May 29, 2014 10:46 am
Forum: Manual Driving Tips
Topic: please critique what I'm doing
Replies: 66
Views: 13453

Re: please critique what I'm doing

Geetings, So I haven't been driving stick for long, but first learned to drive on one, so I've been frustrated by the lack of control for many years now. So; The car '04 matrix, 1zz-fe and a w59 (1.8l straight four and a 5speed). Mostly I just drive to work, and back 7 miles each way. Two stop sign...
by PaintDrinkingPete
Wed Mar 19, 2014 2:26 pm
Forum: New Member Introductions
Topic: Back in a Manual and It Feels SO GOOD!
Replies: 31
Views: 17240

Re: Back in a Manual and It Feels SO GOOD!

Seems to me, that's a bit like continuing to throw Hail Marys just because the last one worked out. I don't know football but I thought a Hail Mary is a crazy difficult pass that almost never works but you try it because you're out of options. Here we have something that's proven to work every time...
by PaintDrinkingPete
Thu Mar 13, 2014 8:58 am
Forum: New Member Introductions
Topic: Back in a Manual and It Feels SO GOOD!
Replies: 31
Views: 17240

Re: Back in a Manual and It Feels SO GOOD!

Since I'm new too, allow me to add... I'm in a similar position to the OP, but for the most part have owned Toyota trucks my entire life. I recently owned an '05 Tacoma auto trans...Every vehicle I'd owned up to that point was a manual, but I was living in DC and dealing with heavy traffic, and dec...
by PaintDrinkingPete
Thu Mar 13, 2014 8:48 am
Forum: Manual Driving Tips
Topic: jerk free shifts
Replies: 58
Views: 34565

Re: jerk free shifts

I have a mazdaspeed3 and whenever I shift i push clutch in, shift, clutch out slowly, then gas it. However when im pushing in the clutch the rpms fall to idle like levels and then when i release clutch theyre rising back up so i guess it causes the slight jerk. This mainly happens when im going fro...
by PaintDrinkingPete
Tue Mar 11, 2014 4:12 pm
Forum: Manual Driving Tips
Topic: Normal for car to jerk in 1st when taking foot off gas?
Replies: 14
Views: 24657

Re: Normal for car to jerk in 1st when taking foot off gas?

Squint wrote:
PaintDrinkingPete wrote: ^^ This.

And welcome back from your almost year long hiatus, PaintDrinkingPete. :lol:
Thanks. I stop by every now and then...just don't post all that often.
by PaintDrinkingPete
Tue Mar 11, 2014 3:43 pm
Forum: Manual Driving Tips
Topic: Balance gas and clutch pedal on every upshift
Replies: 5
Views: 4709

Re: Balance gas and clutch pedal on every upshift

Like others have said, don't obsess about minimizing the time spent between clutch in and clutch out. I'm sure you heard it from someone or read it online that slipping your clutch is bad. Don't focus on that, instead experiment to find out what gives your smooth starts and shifts. A little shift s...
by PaintDrinkingPete
Tue Mar 11, 2014 3:29 pm
Forum: Manual Driving Tips
Topic: Normal for car to jerk in 1st when taking foot off gas?
Replies: 14
Views: 24657

Re: Normal for car to jerk in 1st when taking foot off gas?

To answer your question, if you take your foot off the accelerator quickly while you are in first gear, the car will jerk in most cases because you transition from engine power to engine braking very quickly, and since first gear is so low, everything is amplified. The higher the RPM, the more pron...
by PaintDrinkingPete
Tue Apr 09, 2013 5:01 pm
Forum: Manual Driving Tips
Topic: 1>2 shift
Replies: 73
Views: 21486

Re: 1>2 shift

As someone who has been driving manual for 16+ years, I have a lot of experience with this. Most likely, you'll get better with time, but some cars are mechanically just easier to shift smoothly than others. Personally, I have found with most of the cars I've owned that there is a "sweet spot&q...
by PaintDrinkingPete
Tue Apr 09, 2013 4:31 pm
Forum: Manual Driving Tips
Topic: Do you leave it in gear at a red light?
Replies: 41
Views: 10331

Re: Do you leave it in gear at a red light?

Sometimes I'll just leave my foot on the clutch, especially If I'm driving in the city and don't anticipate the stop to be very long. Most of the time, however, I'm too lazy to NOT put it in neutral as I come to a stop!
by PaintDrinkingPete
Fri Jul 06, 2012 1:11 am
Forum: Manual Driving Tips
Topic: Weird Emergency Brake Issue . . .
Replies: 4
Views: 2116

Re: Weird Emergency Brake Issue . . .

Nothing to do with your first post (most likely), but forget about the parking brake for hills. It's great for learning to drive a manual, but if you know what you're doing, my best advice it just forget about the hill. Unless you got a jerk up inches behind you, it's not necessary...seriously, forg...
by PaintDrinkingPete
Fri Jul 06, 2012 12:49 am
Forum: New Member Introductions
Topic: Back in a Manual and It Feels SO GOOD!
Replies: 31
Views: 17240

Re: Back in a Manual and It Feels SO GOOD!

Since I'm new too, allow me to add... I'm in a similar position to the OP, but for the most part have owned Toyota trucks my entire life. I recently owned an '05 Tacoma auto trans...Every vehicle I'd owned up to that point was a manual, but I was living in DC and dealing with heavy traffic, and deci...
by PaintDrinkingPete
Fri Jul 06, 2012 12:33 am
Forum: Manual Driving Tips
Topic: 1>2 shift
Replies: 73
Views: 21486

Re: 1>2 shift

3. Practice more with "shift into second as soon as I get rolling" until it is smooth When I really focus on this, I can get the 1-2 shift reasonably smooth while still accelerating acceptably from standstill. Problem is don't focus on it enough. :oops: With time and miles, you will learn...
by PaintDrinkingPete
Fri Jul 06, 2012 12:30 am
Forum: Manual Driving Tips
Topic: 1>2 shift
Replies: 73
Views: 21486

Re: 1>2 shift

The problem may be that you are hesitant to shift while turning... I've been driving manual transmission for, oh, well, close to a million miles across several vehicles, and I found that early on the reason I would have bad shifts at intersections is because I would unconsciously not shift through a...
by PaintDrinkingPete
Fri Jul 06, 2012 12:14 am
Forum: Manual Driving Tips
Topic: Parking brake reminder / warning
Replies: 28
Views: 6885

Re: Parking brake reminder / warning

With the exception of one, I've always owned manual transmission vehicles, and I always leave it in 1st when parked and apply the parking brake...just force of habit, even on level ground. With one car I owned ('91 MR2 Turbo), the E-brake would always get stuck when temps dropped below 20 F...so I a...