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by chrisa
Sun Jun 02, 2013 11:57 pm
Forum: Tranny Talk
Topic: How Often Do You Use Your Parking Brake? (no slushbox votes)
Replies: 26
Views: 5716

Re: How Often Do You Use Your Parking Brake? (no slushbox vo

watkins wrote:My car forces me to park in reverse to take out the key, so Im always in gear.

Same here...at least I won't accidentally forget to put it in gear and have it roll away. :D
I always put the brake on without fail. Can't see any reason not to.
by chrisa
Mon Feb 25, 2013 7:10 pm
Forum: The Photo and Video Gallery
Topic: Post a picture of your shifter!
Replies: 566
Views: 85673

Re: Post a picture of your shifter!

Only because you asked...
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by chrisa
Mon Feb 25, 2013 6:11 pm
Forum: Tranny Talk
Topic: How do you shop for cars with manuals online?
Replies: 18
Views: 3096

Re: How do you shop for cars with manuals online?

I've used these before: http://autos.yahoo.com/carfinder/ http://www.autotrader.com/cars-for-sale/ http://motors.ebay.com I haven't found a good way to search craigslist by transmission. There's no built-in functionality for it, people use a million different names to specify manual transmissions, ...
by chrisa
Wed Jan 30, 2013 1:18 pm
Forum: Manual Driving Tips
Topic: A few random questions
Replies: 12
Views: 3756

Re: A few random questions

Thanks! I've certainly learned a lot reading this board and enjoy it.
by chrisa
Sun Jan 27, 2013 2:28 pm
Forum: Manual Driving Tips
Topic: A few random questions
Replies: 12
Views: 3756

A few random questions

Hello all - I'm a fairly new manual driver, having picked up a 2003 Saab 9-5 Aero last summer and enjoying every minute spent driving it. Anyway, some questions that I have: -If I'm not careful, reverse gear is hard to engage and grinds. Disengaging the clutch, putting the car in fourth gear until c...