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Strange driving habits?
bluefoxicy
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Has anyone developed any strange driving habits? I have several.
(tapping the brake works as well as blipping the throttle, you do these when engine braking)
- Hesitating on the hill a bit (release the clutch to grab, push the gas a bit, then hold for a second before completing the take-off)
- Rotating my foot between brakes/gas for fine control (only in automatic, in manual I rarely use the brake except to stop), which usually makes my leg hurt after a long drive (hence why I hate automatic in the city, or for long drives)
- Down shifting in the city to keep power i.e. I can make it up the hill, but I'd rather be 1 gear lower than be in a situation where if I floor it I don't actually go any faster.
- Releasing or blipping the throttle to take the load off the gears, then shifting out of gear without the clutch
- ... which eventually resulted in shifting into other gears without the clutch too
(tapping the brake works as well as blipping the throttle, you do these when engine braking)
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None of that is strange...
Strange is like my wife having a compulsion to kiss her fingers and touch the top of the passenger compartment whenever a car with a headlight out passes in the opposite direction.
So here a query up in this bitch to other passengers - what is your seating priority?
1. Front
2. Behind front passenger
3. Behind driver
4. Fuck the middle seriously
You sound like this guy:
Pretty much this, although depending on circumstances I'll willingly take the middle.
I got used to sitting behind the passenger seat because for a short window of time my parents were driving cars with airbags and I was under 13 or whatever so I was supposed to sit in the back, even if there was nobody else in the car. So I sat diagonal to the driver, so I could still carry conversation.
I know a LOT of girls that drive stick, and one girl that says she doesn't think girls should drive stick.
well, i can sort of but i cannot for the life of me ever get out of first without stalling a minimum of 10 times
i decided it was best that i stop trying
But anybody who doesn't at least know how to drive a stick is a big pussy.
edit: oh hi CRWTH
Just like how I sometimes totally blank on which knob on a sink is for hot water.
Brain damage all up in this joint
On a hill if you release the brake, you roll back. Well, I release the clutch first, until it grabs at the friction point; then move to the gas, and release the clutch the rest of the way. It can be done in one quick, smooth motion; but I have a habit of hesitating, sitting on the hill with my clutch slipping and holding my wheels still, before I take off. I do it on level ground sometimes too.
I was told this was a "bad habit" and I'm supposed to move my leg, but that takes more motion. Although in a manual, you rarely have to do this at all, ever; and a full stop involves lifting the leg from the accelerator and placing it square on the brake, which gives you more braking control and power, which you need when stopping and not just trying to nudge the brakes a tad.
In any case, constantly twisting my leg back and forth like that REALLY hurts my knee eventually. The drive to Fairfax from Baltimore in heavy holiday traffic made me want to get out of the car and walk half way (I'm trading in an automatic at a dealer in the next state).
Clutchless driving, power shifting, whatever. I first drove a manual in May, it took me 3 minutes to get it started, didn't know I had to push the clutch down. What's "lots of experience"?
i also always ebrake to park, some people just throw it into gear and leave the ebrake off, but i'm nervous it'll roll away at the slightest nudge if you do that.
oh and when parked on hills, i let it roll back and nudge it forward a bit while i'm bored and idling. probably not good for the car, but i find it fun, like a nice soothing rocking motion. it also shows the asshole behind me that i'm in a standard and might have a bit of roll back, so get the fuck off my ass your filthy cunt.
also i have road rage.
Fuck manual transmissions.
hey man i know HOW to drive it, i know what it takes to drive a stick
i just cannot apply that knowledge to getting a car out of first gear
but you can drive around in first gear?
most people stall the engine trying to drive off. once you've got it in first the shifts only get easier...
yeah yeah, once the car gets going i can drive perfectly but getting out of park or coming off a stop light i just shit the bed
i remember when my brother was first trying to teach me i stalled i think 9 times? very discouraging!
EDIT - ok good
I really think he meant to say into first otherwise nothing makes sense and the world is a dream.
it is a frustrating thing, learning to get into first and drive... but once you get the flow of shifting gears down, you're golden
and it really is funner than driving automatic.
i know because i used to drive an automatic, and now i have a standard. and i enjoy driving this car more, even though it is the same make and model.
unless you need to get from A to B in a timely manner in a place without decent public transportation.
My baptism of fire came while driving a 3/4 ton truck pulling a shed on the highway while helping a buddy move.
Merging into highspeed highway traffic from full stop while on a hill was probably top 3 for the most stressful experience I've had.
one on the wheel, one on the gear stick 95% of the time
this is so false
Bad habits:
I fold my left leg under me or bend my knee and put my foot on the seat when I'm cruising on long-distance trips. I never ever use the parking brake. And also I have a filthy sailor mouth. And an inexplicable love of making prolonged, uncomfortable eye contact with other drivers when I'm stopped at a light.
But I do always use my turn signal like a good motorist!
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I suppose in a land of automatics, being able to use a clutch is held in high regard? Invitations to state dinners, Astronauts sending you perfume-scented fan mail etc.
Oh ok I think I see what you are describing. How long do you sit with your clutch slipping usually (doesn't sound like long)? I know some people that don't even use their brake when they are stopped at a stop sign on a hill. They always whine about going through clutches quickly lol.
Ahhh ok I thought you meant as opposed to having one foot on the brake one on the gas. I tend to rotate to instead of moving my leg and my knee always starts hurting after a few hours.
Well, I suppose you don't really need lots of experience. Just most people are not very comfortable driving that way. Plus it is hell on the transmission.