Move under idle power only - 6mt?

Haboob · 05-23-2013, 02:53 PM

I was once told (or maybe just overheard) that if you can't get your car rolling w/o using the gas pedal, then you don't know how to drive manual properly.

So I taught myself that "technique" (wasn't hard).

If I could use it in the traffic we have here, I probably would, but it's so stop and go (like 5mph to 40mph back to 5mph) that it's useless to idle through.

forza370z · 05-23-2013, 03:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Haboob

I was once told (or maybe just overheard) that if you can't get your car rolling w/o using the gas pedal and w/o spill out a full cup of dunkin' coffee, then you don't know how to drive manual properly.

So I taught myself that "technique" (wasn't hard).

If I could use it in the traffic we have here, I probably would, but it's so stop and go (like 5mph to 40mph back to 5mph) that it's useless to idle through.

Fixed.

.c2 · 05-24-2013, 02:11 AM

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Originally Posted by JARblue

Yes, regularly. It's all about torque, and we've got barely enough to do this. I've driven some torque monsters that can get into first gear on an incline and creep up it without touching the gas pedal (slowly let out the clutch - better not be anyone behind you

).

x infinity

Whoa, lol

Quote:

Originally Posted by Haboob

I was once told (or maybe just overheard) that if you can't get your car rolling w/o using the gas pedal, then you don't know how to drive manual properly.

So I taught myself that "technique" (wasn't hard).

If I could use it in the traffic we have here, I probably would, but it's so stop and go (like 5mph to 40mph back to 5mph) that it's useless to idle through.

It's not if you know how to drive manual or not, some cars just can't do it. I tried in my 93 civic and it didn't work lool, the Z works no problem though as well as my 94 integra.

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Haboob A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Surface of the sun. Posts: 13,159 Drives: '18 GTI Autobahn DSG Rep Power: 1388	I was once told (or maybe just overheard) that if you can't get your car rolling w/o using the gas pedal, then you don't know how to drive manual properly. So I taught myself that "technique" (wasn't hard). If I could use it in the traffic we have here, I probably would, but it's so stop and go (like 5mph to 40mph back to 5mph) that it's useless to idle through.