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When I first got my G37S, I was pretty much clunking everywhere. My GF was a bobblehead due to this and said I need to man up and learn how

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Old 08-26-2010, 01:59 AM   #1 (permalink)
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When I first got my G37S, I was pretty much clunking everywhere. My GF was a bobblehead due to this and said I need to man up and learn how to drive the car properly.

I usually wear athletic type shoes. Some adidas bounce, nike shox, air force ones, and some other random assorted shoes.

After I got the hang of the car a bit more, I found my self clunking a lot more in certain pairs of shoes. It didn't dawn on me that shoes with thicker soles were either muting more feeling from the clutch (not that it really gives us any to begin with) or giving me slightly more travel that it was causing me to inadvertently mess up.

I've since found that shoes like nike tennis classics, or any thinner-soled tennis shoe...adidas has a bunch, and soccer type shoes like the Air Gatos work really well for me. These weren't my preferred type of shoes before but I find myself going for them just because of the way it changes my control of the clutch. I hate wearing any type of dress shoe in the car.

Anyway, just my random observation. I was shoe agnostic when I drove an automatic, but now my behavior with the 6MT in wanting smooth shifts + clutch longevity has definitely affected my shoe choices.

Maybe it's just me...

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I like bare-foot but it's hard to heel-toe. Picked up a pair of Pilotis that are awesome. The worst for me are a pair of leather soled dress shoes...like driving with concrete bricks on my feet.
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I like bare-foot but it's hard to heel-toe.
Ouch! No foolin'. Barefoot means SRM. Dress Shoes are tougher to heel toe in but I rarely wear them. OP's Nike solution works for me.
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I tried the car with a pair of Geox, can't say at had any problem clutching. I do think it would be a problem with a pair of running shoes cause of the fact the pedals are so close to each other. Whereas I don't have any problems driving my 6Spd manual Audi A3 with fat sports shoes.
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For normal-to-mildly spirited driving, I'm pretty much a shoe agnostic. I've been driving a manual since I got my license, and I've spent significant time driving in traffic in a pair of thick work boots, skate shoes, etc... all that provide literally zero feel. Took a little time to get used to, but I've no issue now running the car in just about anything.

For something crazy, I've got a couple pairs of Piloti's around here somewhere. I'll break them out whenever I've got the time to put the Z through it's paces.
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Boat Shoes (specifically Sperrys)! I love driving with them on. The sole is so thin I can feel everything in the clutch and makes it much easier to drive smoothly.
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Boat Shoes (specifically Sperrys)! I love driving with them on. The sole is so thin I can feel everything in the clutch and makes it much easier to drive smoothly.
I love Sperry's for driving in. The closest thing to dress shoes that I would wear on a canyon run.
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Chucks for zero arch support.


Jokes aside, it's not your shoes making you clunk. Practice makes perfect. That said I'm gonna check out those Pumas.
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Chucks for zero arch support.

lol. Actually though most people don't need arch support in their shoes ... especially roomy shoes like Chucks that let your foot spread out.

See Myth # 5 in this link

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Rainbow sandals FTW! (They're all I wear now, living at the beach.) Any time I need to wear shoes now, I feel so disconnected from the pedals.
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