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Re: Hey! New Member from Georgia

Posted: Sat Jul 18, 2015 9:32 am
by potownrob
Puchrider wrote:Inspired by theholycow's 1980 Buick LeSabre 4.1L 5MT site, I started working on a site for the Mark VIII

https://sites.google.com/site/bananalincolnmark8/home
EPIC WINNING!!!! :!: :D 8) :twisted:

Re: Hey! New Member from Georgia

Posted: Sat Jul 18, 2015 3:38 pm
by Puchrider
potownrob wrote:
Puchrider wrote:Inspired by theholycow's 1980 Buick LeSabre 4.1L 5MT site, I started working on a site for the Mark VIII

https://sites.google.com/site/bananalincolnmark8/home
EPIC WINNING!!!! :!: :D 8) :twisted:
Thanks! Putting a lot of effort into making it good, it will be updated regularly while I'm adding to it

Re: Hey! New Member from Georgia

Posted: Mon Jul 20, 2015 4:39 pm
by wannabe
Welcome!

Enjoy the forums, some of us have been here forever, good to see new people joining!

Re: Hey! New Member from Georgia

Posted: Mon Jul 20, 2015 5:01 pm
by AHTOXA
Yeah, we don't have a lot of new people joining. People aren't really interested in standard trans shifting these days.

Re: Hey! New Member from Georgia

Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2015 12:09 am
by six
AHTOXA wrote:Yeah, we don't have a lot of new people joining. People aren't really interested in standard trans shifting these days.
SAD BUT TRUE :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :( :( :( :(

Re: Hey! New Member from Georgia

Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2015 11:39 am
by Squint
AHTOXA wrote:Yeah, we don't have a lot of new people joining. People aren't really interested in standard trans shifting these days.
Well that's not true.. trans shifting has been all over the news with Caitlyn Jenn... oh. Wait. Cars. Yeah. You're right.




I couldn't resist :lol: :lol:

Re: Hey! New Member from Georgia

Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2015 2:19 pm
by wannabe
Squint wrote:
AHTOXA wrote:Yeah, we don't have a lot of new people joining. People aren't really interested in standard trans shifting these days.
Well that's not true.. trans shifting has been all over the news with Caitlyn Jenn... oh. Wait. Cars. Yeah. You're right.




I couldn't resist :lol: :lol:
......

The thing is, i use trans at volunteer-job to mean transition and transgender issues (i work for an lgbt org). and i use trans at work-work to mean transmission. I have mixed it up and said "so you're having transition - i mean, transmission issues?"
awkward.

Re: Hey! New Member from Georgia

Posted: Thu Jul 23, 2015 12:38 am
by Puchrider
Update:

I got to drive a semi around the parking lot in truck driving school for the first time today. I must say it was a great experience (except parallel tractor-trailer parking, but I'll get it eventually).

It felt very strange driving my car back home. The clutch pedal felt so easy to press after driving the truck. My left leg sure got a workout!

Re: Hey! New Member from Georgia

Posted: Thu Jul 23, 2015 9:56 am
by Squint
Puchrider wrote:Update:

I got to drive a semi around the parking lot in truck driving school for the first time today. I must say it was a great experience (except parallel tractor-trailer parking, but I'll get it eventually).

It felt very strange driving my car back home. The clutch pedal felt so easy to press after driving the truck. My left leg sure got a workout!
Nice! Getting your CDL?

Re: Hey! New Member from Georgia

Posted: Thu Jul 23, 2015 11:45 am
by Puchrider
Yep! Hopefully I can practice on the road soon

Re: Hey! New Member from Georgia

Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2015 12:12 am
by Puchrider
Got to practice on the road today! I must say that I didn't really have a problem shifting up; however, I'm going to need to practice down shifting, I did some grinding. After 45 minutes of driving I figured out how to rev match much better. Rev-matching in a synchronized transmission is a completely different (and a WAY easier) experience. I felt like a total noob in the semi. But it was a lot of fun!


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Re: Hey! New Member from Georgia

Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2015 1:06 am
by potownrob
Puchrider wrote:Got to practice on the road today! I must say that I didn't really have a problem shifting up; however, I'm going to need to practice down shifting, I did some grinding. After 45 minutes of driving I figured out how to rev match much better. Rev-matching in a synchronized transmission is a completely different (and a WAY easier) experience. I felt like a total noob in the semi. But it was a lot of fun!
did they make you use the clutch on shifts, or did they show you the real way to shift?? :twisted:

edit: forgot to mention, despite my car (and tranny) being fairly new (going on 1300 miles), i have already successfully done a flawless clutchless 3=>4 shift and 2 close-to-flawless 2=>1 single-clutch rev-matched downshifts. now i just have to work on getting all the rev amounts down for the various downshifts, and work on getting rid of the notchiness of the 4=>5 upshift. :| :arrow: :twisted:

Re: Hey! New Member from Georgia

Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2015 12:29 pm
by Puchrider
Haha no floating yet, we have to double clutch on exam

Re: Hey! New Member from Georgia

Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2015 3:58 pm
by tankinbeans
Willkommen Sie bei Standard Shift. Wir haben kekse.

Re: Hey! New Member from Georgia

Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2015 7:43 pm
by Puchrider
Ich mag Kekse , ich danke Ihnen für die herzliche Begrüßung