SRM: Who has it and uses/doesn't use it?

Dwight Frye · 12-05-2009, 09:42 AM

I've been driving legally for 38 years and I learned to drive in a Meyers Manx dune buggy off road a couple of years earlier. For all but a couple of those years I owned manual transmission cars. It's very hard to break habits and muscle memory when driving. It's been hard enough not to have my keys in my hand and reach for the ignition switch when I get in the car. I had the SRM on for the first week or so after buying the car and even while driving it easy during the break in I forgot about it and had some strange experiences when starting to blip the throttle and downshift just from habit. Now I leave it off except for a couple of times I've been able to take it for a mountain drive. Even then I had to conciously avoid rev matching manually. I'll have to try it a few more times to get used to it, but for daily driving it's off. I'm old school I guess.

View Poll Results: How are you using your SRM?
I always use my SRM...it's too nice to turn off.	118	57.84%
I never use my SRM...I'm a purist.	20	9.80%
Sometimes SRM is on, sometimes I turn it off. 50%/50%	11	5.39%
I have SRM ON more often than not, but it's off occasionally to remember the 'old' days.	39	19.12%
I have SRM OFF mostly. I turn it on when I'm lazy or have a special situation.	16	7.84%
Voters: 204. You may not vote on this poll

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12-05-2009, 09:42 AM	#4 (permalink)
Dwight Frye Enthusiast Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Occupied California Posts: 423 Drives: '09 Tour/Sport/6MT Rep Power: 16	I've been driving legally for 38 years and I learned to drive in a Meyers Manx dune buggy off road a couple of years earlier. For all but a couple of those years I owned manual transmission cars. It's very hard to break habits and muscle memory when driving. It's been hard enough not to have my keys in my hand and reach for the ignition switch when I get in the car. I had the SRM on for the first week or so after buying the car and even while driving it easy during the break in I forgot about it and had some strange experiences when starting to blip the throttle and downshift just from habit. Now I leave it off except for a couple of times I've been able to take it for a mountain drive. Even then I had to conciously avoid rev matching manually. I'll have to try it a few more times to get used to it, but for daily driving it's off. I'm old school I guess.