Finally Re-grew My Third Pedal!
Posted: Mon Sep 23, 2013 8:52 pm
Hello all!
I stumbled on this forum whilst Googling for shifting techniques.
My fourth car was a very fun-to-drive Acura Legend V6 5-speed. Alas, it finally decided to blow a head gasket and somehow I wound up driving a Honda Accord V6 Automatic for the next decade. Don't get me wrong---the Accord gave me zero trouble up until it finally decided it didn't like 3rd gear anymore around 239k miles.
Once I started realizing that the Accord's days were numbered, I started doing the dealership waltz and decided that I was having too much fun test-driving manuals again to go back. I was thinking of either another Accord Sport or maybe a WRX when I went to the Audi dealership on a lark.
Yah, that was it, I was smitten. Nothing else handles like it at this price range and the 2.0T is a *very* nice little torque creator. I hope I have the money for upkeep....
Of course, having gone a decade with only two pedals, I'm re-learning what I thought I knew when I had the Legend---and I'm re-making some of the same mistakes. But I'm hoping to break some bad habits listening to all of you experts.
Already I'm going to break my coasting habit. I am hearing that there's fuel economy in coasting in gear at medium revs. Of course, if the 1-in-a-million occurrence requiring *acceleration* to avoid an accident occurs, I guess I'll be prepared for that, too.
I hope to contribute at least as much as I get, or until you get tired of listening to fizix.
I stumbled on this forum whilst Googling for shifting techniques.
My fourth car was a very fun-to-drive Acura Legend V6 5-speed. Alas, it finally decided to blow a head gasket and somehow I wound up driving a Honda Accord V6 Automatic for the next decade. Don't get me wrong---the Accord gave me zero trouble up until it finally decided it didn't like 3rd gear anymore around 239k miles.
Once I started realizing that the Accord's days were numbered, I started doing the dealership waltz and decided that I was having too much fun test-driving manuals again to go back. I was thinking of either another Accord Sport or maybe a WRX when I went to the Audi dealership on a lark.
Yah, that was it, I was smitten. Nothing else handles like it at this price range and the 2.0T is a *very* nice little torque creator. I hope I have the money for upkeep....
Of course, having gone a decade with only two pedals, I'm re-learning what I thought I knew when I had the Legend---and I'm re-making some of the same mistakes. But I'm hoping to break some bad habits listening to all of you experts.
Already I'm going to break my coasting habit. I am hearing that there's fuel economy in coasting in gear at medium revs. Of course, if the 1-in-a-million occurrence requiring *acceleration* to avoid an accident occurs, I guess I'll be prepared for that, too.
I hope to contribute at least as much as I get, or until you get tired of listening to fizix.