Dream car as my first MT?

BeemaaZ · 02-01-2013, 05:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dwight Frye

Buy the manual. The first night home, sleep in the car. Bond with it. Be one with it. Get into the Zen of driving that particular Z with that particular clutch and transmission and engine. Shut off the stereo and your cell phone and listen to your car. It will speak to you in it's own language. Concentrate. It is not difficult. When you no longer think about what you are doing regarding operating the clutch, gas, brake and gear lever and it becomes an unconscious act, you will have achieved mastery of your machine.
If you over-think the procedure you will fail.

Well said

Nailzs · 02-01-2013, 06:39 PM

I bought an automatic Z because I've owned a lot of manual cars that have clutches that can be adjusted so the clutch disengages at about half way down to the floorboard and you can slip the clutch before the engage/disengage. My past Chevy, Fords, and other manual cars I've owned would do just that. Not Nissan manuals, or at least the 4 I test drove.
They were on and off switches right at the top of the clutch peddle movement.
No slipping the clutch period. It reminded of the old headlight dimmer switch on the floor. Push it's high beam, push again it low beam. If not for the 7AT I probably wouldn't be driving a Z.

Ziggyman · 02-01-2013, 06:53 PM

Get the manual, its a sports car. I've been a big proponent of AT as they are the future. They shift faster and F1 has already converted, all good reasons!

In the end, its making the machine an extension of your brain. Think Ripley in the power loader ala Alien!

ayrton88 · 02-01-2013, 08:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ziggyman

Get the manual, its a sports car. I've been a big proponent of AT as they are the future. They shift faster and F1 has already converted, all good reasons!

In the end, its making the machine an extension of your brain. Think Ripley in the power loader ala Alien!

The transmission in an F1 car is not technically an automatic in the road car sense. There is no torque converter. It still has a clutch, but it is some sort of electro-hydraulic unit. Come to think of it, I don't think any racing car has an automatic with a torque converter like the Zs AT.

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02-01-2013, 06:39 PM	#2 (permalink)
Nailzs Enthusiast Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Florida Posts: 395 Drives: 13 370Z 7at Sp Tour Rep Power: 14	I bought an automatic Z because I've owned a lot of manual cars that have clutches that can be adjusted so the clutch disengages at about half way down to the floorboard and you can slip the clutch before the engage/disengage. My past Chevy, Fords, and other manual cars I've owned would do just that. Not Nissan manuals, or at least the 4 I test drove. They were on and off switches right at the top of the clutch peddle movement. No slipping the clutch period. It reminded of the old headlight dimmer switch on the floor. Push it's high beam, push again it low beam. If not for the 7AT I probably wouldn't be driving a Z.

02-01-2013, 06:53 PM	#3 (permalink)
Ziggyman Base Member Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: North Shore Posts: 176 Drives: 11 SR Tour/Sport MT Rep Power: 14	Get the manual, its a sports car. I've been a big proponent of AT as they are the future. They shift faster and F1 has already converted, all good reasons! In the end, its making the machine an extension of your brain. Think Ripley in the power loader ala Alien!