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Originally Posted by MJB Everybody has trouble with 1st gear when first learning manual. That is the only difficult part about it. You need to find the sweet spot, basically

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Old 12-13-2014, 12:18 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Everybody has trouble with 1st gear when first learning manual. That is the only difficult part about it. You need to find the sweet spot, basically the point where the clutch grabs. You should go to an empty parking lot, put it in gear, and without even touching the gas, just slowly let off the clutch pedal till you feel the car moving... do that a bunch of times so you'll learn the engagement point is on the pedal. Muscle memory my friend... practice makes perfect.
plan on doing that tom, i was doing that, but i just need more practice and ill get it.
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plan on doing that tom, i was doing that, but i just need more practice and ill get it.
You'll get the hang of it. The Z is not comfortable shifting when new it feels tight and I occasionally miss engage a gear. Thanks for the synchro rev it did not jolt the car that hard and make me look like an amateur.

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Recommend the spring change at some point... tons better than stock.
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