Tranny/Clutch Abuse

[supra90turbo]

lol the first time I drove a standard, my moms friend was giving me a ride home and she asked "have you ever driven a manual car before?"
i said no
and she threw me the keys "now you have"

i guess i didn't have to learn, as i did fine. she kept telling me that i've done that before, and theres no way that this is the first time i've ever driven a standard... came natural to me.

i had a friend whom i tried to teach how to drive in my supra when it was nearly stock.
after nearly 2 hours, he still was at the same level as when we started. i told him to stick with automatics. he said he was too nervous, as it was the supra and he didn't want to hurt it.. lol

must be true though, because he owns an FC with a manual trans now...

 

[Facime]

I learned how to drive a stick in a 67 Chevelle with a 40lb Pressure plate and manual linkage. Not only that I did it in Portland at rush hour. By the time I got across town, my leg would shake just standing up.

Your new clutch and trans should be built to take a fair amount of abuse. Thats why you bought performance parts right? I say let em learn on it (after you break it in). that way when they go to drive another car they will seem like pros because it will be so easy.

 

[swaq]

The first car I drove was a BMW 318i convertible with a 5-speed. So no learning how to drive first and then learn the manual transmission after that for me. I think I'm a better driver now than I would be if I had started on an automatic. The car I really "learned" on was a Subaru Outback, also with a 5-speed. My girlfriend learned how to drive a stick in my Supra, because I was giving it to her.

I will not buy a car with an automatic transmission. All three vehicles I've owned have been 5-speed manuals.

 

[fiyota]

lol first time for me driving standard was pulling away in a car on a dealership lot with the salesperson watching me... Very first time, pulled away like a pro.. I've riddin dirtbikes since I was a kid so no big deal on knowing how to use a clutch... but still haha I had never stalled a 5spd car before untill I drove my supra.. just before I bought it... didnt stall the one I took for a test drive either.. wow, come to think of it, it was a 1986.5 black mint supra that I drove first! 5 cars later I drove the supra that I bought and stalled it... lol

 

[IJ.]

LOL I defy anyone to jump in my car and NOT stall it a few times
(4000 and dropping the clutch doesn't count)

 

[Allan_MA70]

a few! gezzzus

 

[IJ.]

Paul at Chasers stalls it every time I take it over and he's peobably driven more performance cars then anyone I know

 

[ForcedTorque]

All vehicles should be able to pull away with no gas if the clutch is released slowly enough. If not, somethings wrong.

Theach them clutch first, then add gas. It will calm them down a little. They won't have to think about all the pedals to start.

BUT.......nobody drives MY Supra

 

[mkiiSupraMan18]

I've riddin dirtbikes since I was a kid so no big deal on knowing how to use a clutch...

^ Exactly

I've always wanted to teach my fiance how to drive a 5sp in my Supra but she said I'd hate/kill her if anything happened to it. Even after an hour of "no, you'd just 'owe me'... big time" she still wouldn't do it. So I got her to drive her dad's 5sp S-10 (talk about an easy 5sp) down the end of her drive and when we got to the end told her not to bother stopping because I wasn't driving the stupid thing and made her drive for another 45 mins or so to pick up my engine from the machine shop. :icon_bigg I know it was soooo mean, but in her defense she only stalled once in her drive because she didn'
t want to throw rocks everywhere (so she says).

Next challenge - The Cressida, then a nice hard launch in the Cressida, maybe a powerbrake 'how-to", and then on to the 82.

It's a shame her mkIII i'm building is an Auto.

 

[s383mmber1]

Dude, go out and buy a beater for like 300 bucks and let them learn on that!

Thats what i did. 1981 Vw. 250 bucks!

 

[ChadMKIII]

All vehicles should be able to pull away with no gas if the clutch is released slowly enough. If not, somethings wrong.

Theach them clutch first, then add gas. It will calm them down a little. They won't have to think about all the pedals to start.

BUT.......nobody drives MY Supra

Ya know, good point. That prolly would work better than my idea (hold at 2k and release clutch). Of course, both still suck for your clutch, but that has to be better.

The S-10 is definitely an easy one to drive, it'd be a good one to teach em on cuz you can see what they're doing with their feet easier-see how quickly they're releasing, if they're riding it, w/e.

And IJ, if you weren't in the other hemisphere and around the world from me I'd come try your car

 

[IJ.]

Chad: LOL yep that distance thing again!

There's a knack to it for sure Solid Ceramic OS Giken Twins aren't the most user friendly device in the world