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Driving a manual gets OLD QUICK!
Melting Slicks
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From: atlanta ga
Re: Driving a manual gets OLD QUICK! (RangerZR-1)
thats why i got an auto this time. in atlanta traffis you go 10mph and then stop. you go 10 mph and then stop. 10 to stop. 10 to stop...im with you.
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From: Boston, MA
Re: Driving a manual gets OLD QUICK! (Marty McFly)
My right knee is messed up from football already, it hurt with the auto as well. But the constant letting off/on, getting to the proper amount of gas at friction point, really takes a toll on it.
p.s.
If you want me to show you how to shift w/o the clutch, lemme know. :)
[Modified by scorp508, 11:35 AM 4/19/2002]
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From: Framingham MA
Re: Driving a manual gets OLD QUICK! (dmalhi1)
yer saying this
and here i am about to put my auto vette up for grabs
so i can get a 6speed vette.
now i'm confused :( do i get 6speed or not? majority of the cars i've driven in my life so far have been auto. only one stick and that was for about a week so i never got good at it.
and here i am about to put my auto vette up for grabs
so i can get a 6speed vette.
now i'm confused :( do i get 6speed or not? majority of the cars i've driven in my life so far have been auto. only one stick and that was for about a week so i never got good at it.
Burning Brakes
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Re: Driving a manual gets OLD QUICK! (Rex Ruby)
I would like to try an M6 ( except for that 1st-4th thing). But if I'm gonna drag race, I want an auto. Also, broke my right shoulder a couple of years back....glad I didn't have a stick then or I wouldn't have been able to drive. As far as the M6 vs Auto debate is concerned, I just don't care...but I think fuel injection has just made fingers of us all. Carbs forever.
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From: Dallas TX
Re: Driving a manual gets OLD QUICK! (Kale)
your right knee? Man, im really screwed up, I was using the clutch with my left leg. :confused:
[Modified by Kale, 4:12 PM 4/18/2002]
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Re: Driving a manual gets OLD QUICK! (Scoob)
3. If you disagree with #2 then you need to be fitted with a nice Ford Taurus with an automatic transmission (and a season pass to the bingo hall).
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The vette should be a 6spd. If that's too much work, take the bus. :D
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Re: Driving a manual gets OLD QUICK! (scorp508)
My right knee is messed up from football already, it hurt with the auto as well. But the constant letting off/on, getting to the proper amount of gas at friction point, really takes a toll on it.
You shouldn't even NEED gas in stop/go traffic. Just let the clutch out smoothly and she'll go with the torque.
p.s.
If you want me to show you how to shift w/o the clutch, lemme know. :)
[Modified by scorp508, 11:35 AM 4/19/2002]
You shouldn't even NEED gas in stop/go traffic. Just let the clutch out smoothly and she'll go with the torque.
p.s.
If you want me to show you how to shift w/o the clutch, lemme know. :)
[Modified by scorp508, 11:35 AM 4/19/2002]
Melting Slicks
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From: ZR1 Gathering '04, '05 Northlake Texas
Re: Driving a manual gets OLD QUICK! (Scoob)
quote:
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1. Corvettes are supposed to have manual transmissions (despite the seemingly valid rationalizations from the automatic transmissioned among us).
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Then why does the Corvette C4 come standard with the Automatic, and the 6-speed is an option?
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1. Corvettes are supposed to have manual transmissions (despite the seemingly valid rationalizations from the automatic transmissioned among us).
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Then why does the Corvette C4 come standard with the Automatic, and the 6-speed is an option?
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Re: Driving a manual gets OLD QUICK! (slvrsrpnt)
Ok I have bit the bug again.
I'm seriously thinking about buying another mid 80's vette.
For a daily driver. It would look awesome next to my 92. :)
Now I just gotta come up with some funds and I will be golden (probably take a while....:D:D:D)
[Modified by Marty McFly, 9:01 PM 4/19/2002]
I'm seriously thinking about buying another mid 80's vette.
For a daily driver. It would look awesome next to my 92. :)
Now I just gotta come up with some funds and I will be golden (probably take a while....:D:D:D)
[Modified by Marty McFly, 9:01 PM 4/19/2002]
