5 Things you shouldnt do in a manual car

2011 Nismo#91

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.

JARblue

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

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