I don't completely agree with what he says their. Weighted shift knobs must be destroying so many transmissions if the weight of my hand damages the transmission. And we're not driving old diesel trucks so lugging isn't much of an issue in a modern computer controlled gas engine.

It's not really about the weight though. It's about letting the shift assembly vibrate with the car to minimize the wear. If you put your hand on it, you are holding the fork in place while the rest of the car vibrates. The pressure plate vibrating against the still fork causes more wear than if they are both allowed to vibrate freely.

At least that is my layman's understanding :twocents:

are 370Z AT's CVT's?

The 7AT sucks don't get me wrong :stirthepot:

But it's no CVT :barf:

i know its not cvt. :p

I know ;)

Thought it was DSM 0_o

When I visit my girlfriend I have to parallel park on a hill. Yes, there are a few here in Chicago...nothing like San Fransisco of course. That hand brake trick saves me every time. Especially since I usually have some damn SUV parked right on my ***. Also handy in our underground parking garages. The inclines exiting them were obviously not designed with manual transmissions in mind.

The distinction he's trying to make is don't apply the throttle quickly when at low rpms. I'll often putt around town in 5th at 35 mph, or even 6th at 40 mph. My rpms are low, around 1500. Giving it just enough throttle to maintain the speed (this is chicago, it's flat here). Any acceleration is done slowly. I'll downshift when quicker acceleration is needed.

I'd say stay away from full throttle unless you're at 2500-3K rpm or higher.

Last comment in the vid was my favorite.

Good fine, Thanks.

My mechanic switched me over to a heavy-duty synthetic truck oil. Says it is a lot better for the higher mileage cars. But now shifting into 2nd is a nightmare when cold and double-clutching is required until it warms up.

Now in reference to the video...

All these little DOs and DONTs are for the idiots that are mysteriously breaking their cars and don't know why. Other than that, cars are designed to handle the abuse of a typical driver. You aren't going to break your ******* transmission by placing your hand on the gear shifter! I don't do this because I don't find it necessary to rest my hand there. I use it to shift and that's it. But you won't break your ****. Too many super-paranoid people, I say!

I agree. I consistently rest my hand on the shifter. Always have. I am also guilty of resting my left foot on the clutch pedal at all times. I have owned many manual transmission vehicles, and doing these things has never been an issue for me.
Now, mind you, I am not ape-swinging on the shifter, or kick-drumming the clutch pedal, either. I am confident enough to realize that it will take more than me laying my HUGE foot on the pedal for it to even consider starting to engage, and causing issues.
(related story) I owned a 1990 chevy s-10 manual that went to the junkyard (fell asleep and hit fire hydrant) with 196,000 miles on it. My hand rested on that shifter for 7 years, and my foot was on that pedal for the same. It went down with the stock clutch and parts in it.
Like you said....paranoid

I'm only paranoid because everyone is against me!!

vrooooom vrooo verrrrrrrrrr... oh wait the car has a nice engine I won't need to do that.

*downshifts*
:rofl2:
we are :tiphat: