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potownrob
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by potownrob » Sat Jul 18, 2015 9:32 am
ClutchFork wrote:...So I started carrying a stick of firewood with me and that became my parking brake.
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Puchrider
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by Puchrider » Sat Jul 18, 2015 3:38 pm
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wannabe
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by wannabe » Mon Jul 20, 2015 4:39 pm
Welcome!
Enjoy the forums, some of us have been here forever, good to see new people joining!
Currently not driving anything - the escort died april 2014 and there's no funds to replace it
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AHTOXA
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by AHTOXA » Mon Jul 20, 2015 5:01 pm
Yeah, we don't have a lot of new people joining. People aren't really interested in standard trans shifting these days.
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six
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by six » Tue Jul 21, 2015 12:09 am
2015 Heron White Chevrolet SS Sedan 6MT
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Squint
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by Squint » Tue Jul 21, 2015 11:39 am
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

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wannabe
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by wannabe » Tue Jul 21, 2015 2:19 pm
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

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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.
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by Puchrider » Thu Jul 23, 2015 12:38 am
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!
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by Squint » Thu Jul 23, 2015 9:56 am
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?
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by Puchrider » Thu Jul 23, 2015 11:45 am
Yep! Hopefully I can practice on the road soon
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by Puchrider » Fri Jul 24, 2015 12:12 am
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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potownrob
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by potownrob » Fri Jul 24, 2015 1:06 am
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??
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.

ClutchFork wrote:...So I started carrying a stick of firewood with me and that became my parking brake.
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by Puchrider » Fri Jul 24, 2015 12:29 pm
Haha no floating yet, we have to double clutch on exam
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by tankinbeans » Fri Jul 24, 2015 3:58 pm
Willkommen Sie bei Standard Shift. Wir haben kekse.
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by Puchrider » Fri Jul 24, 2015 7:43 pm
Ich mag Kekse , ich danke Ihnen für die herzliche Begrüßung