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Shifting into second as soon as you get rolling

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Car buck/jerk near idle speed while in first gear.

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first and second gear chugging at low RPMs

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Upshifting Technique Question

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Downshifting: when has slipping the clutch gone too far?

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When to blip throttle on downshift?

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How smooth should my driving be?

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The accelerator pedal and fuel consumption

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Jerking back and forth when getting car going from stop (N to 1st)

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Rev Match Downshift and Synchro Wear??!?!

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First Manual Car Owned-Smoothing Out Upshifts

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Question About Shifting to Neutral Without Using Clutch

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Gas on clutch release during upshift

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by revsin » Fri Jul 29, 2016 9:16 am

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Worried about "drivetrain stress"

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by salimpon » Fri Jul 15, 2016 9:20 am

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Gear 2 harder to shift into than higher gears... What am I doing wrong?

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by LesPaulMan » Thu Jul 14, 2016 10:25 pm
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OKAY GOOD QUESTION HERE FOLKS NEED PRO HELP

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I love this forum thanks to everyone

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Clutch wear

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Refining Technique & Scenario Based Q's

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Shifting into 2nd, 4th, and 6th feel mushy?

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by rml605 » Fri Dec 04, 2015 12:27 am
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shifting gears a good technique

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by cimbali » Wed Jan 05, 2011 11:20 am
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Trouble with new manual

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by SirMathias007 » Fri May 20, 2016 6:44 pm

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by Rope-Pusher » Wed Apr 17, 2013 7:38 pm
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Learned something new

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by shiftmate » Sat May 14, 2016 5:48 pm

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Reversing in parking garage

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Best way to launch a Toyota Matrix 09 XR

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Vibration in clutch pedal when engaging/disengaging

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by mshanno1 » Mon Jan 09, 2012 5:56 pm

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rev-matching question

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Semi-dropped clutch from 5k+ into 3rd gear at 30mph

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by savethemanual » Wed Mar 02, 2016 9:13 pm

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Letting off the gas abruptly

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by vw100 » Sun Feb 28, 2016 6:25 pm

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Burning the clutch when upshifting

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by tiptopd » Wed Jan 27, 2016 3:44 pm

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jumpy shifts

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Ebrake start with foot brake?

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by bobklobb » Mon Feb 01, 2016 11:11 am

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jerk free shifts

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Slow to a stop, but then immediately keep going

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by DashboardSaint » Fri Aug 28, 2015 10:11 am
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engine braking question

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by vw100 » Fri Dec 11, 2015 7:13 am

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How bad is it to accidently shift from 4th to 3rd?

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