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Teh stick-shift noob (pg. 2)
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| tribu |
| Yeah, I love the car and I only stalled it once driving home. Im sure Ill see a few more stalls till i find that place wherwe the clutch comes up and the gas goes down, but until then, it's practice practice practice (in light traffic) |
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| medinaM5 |
| yeah starting out is the only semi-difficult thing (at first) |
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| ivanbee |
just pratice in a parking lot and remember: WHEN IN DOUBT, GIVE IT MORE GAS
so whenever you feel the car stalling, just give it more gas. 99% of the time, it will work. :toothless |
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| dj_bas |
| I first learned to drive on an 84 isuzu trooper that was stick and 4-wd. Try that on for size, that thing was a bitch, worst god damn transmission evar! I ended up getting a 96 honda prelude (automatic), that's what I have now. I can't stand that damn car. It's 10 years old, the shocks are starting to go to , i need new cv boots in the front. I graduate from uni in about 4 months so I'm just gonna wait and get a new car. But secretly, every day, I pray that a peice of building falls on my car and I can just get a new one right now :p |
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| Pariah Cleric |
| Learned to drive with stick. My first car, and the car I still have is a 1995 Eagle Talon. |
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| Clovis86 |
| quote: | Originally posted by dj_bas
I first learned to drive on an 84 isuzu trooper that was stick and 4-wd. Try that on for size, that thing was a bitch, worst god damn transmission evar! I ended up getting a 96 honda prelude (automatic), that's what I have now. I can't stand that damn car. It's 10 years old, the shocks are starting to go to , i need new cv boots in the front. I graduate from uni in about 4 months so I'm just gonna wait and get a new car. But secretly, every day, I pray that a peice of building falls on my car and I can just get a new one right now :p |
Is it insured? I should don a ski mask and smash it with a sledge hammer when you're over, and you can get a new one :D |
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| ivanbee |
| quote: | Originally posted by Pariah Cleric
Learned to drive with stick. My first car, and the car I still have is a 1995 Eagle Talon. |
wtf kinda car is an eagle talon? |
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| colonelcrisp |
learned to drive on an 86 Mazda 323 hatch back, POS but thats how i learned
first car i owned
1998 F-350 super duty manual - the king of manual trucks
now since im poor
1989 Mazda MX-6 turbo 5-sp Manual
i wont ever buy an automatic. i hate driving them, i almost killed myself this summer driving my parents van, going down the street comming up to a stop sign, hadnt put my seatbelt on yet. went to push the clutch down to coast to the stop sign with my left foot.
Problem - no clutch in automatic mini van
Problem - clutch turned out to be the brake pedal
Problem - pushed it right to the floor, introduced my face to steering wheel
Solution - broke my nose doing 40 km/h in a residential zone with my neighboors looking on. they laughed at me histerically for weeks after that
since hten i have sworn to god never to drive a POS automatic again. |
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| dj_bas |
| quote: | Originally posted by Clovis86
Is it insured? I should don a ski mask and smash it with a sledge hammer when you're over, and you can get a new one :D |
Yeah it's insured...but not by survival. You might wanna hold off on that :wtf:
Plus all that would do is make it so that my car will get repaired. If you could steal it, drive it off a cliff and send it to dusty firey hell...that would be fantastic :D |
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| dj_bas |
| quote: | Originally posted by ivanbee
wtf kinda car is an eagle talon? |
GM's response to a mitsubishi eclipse, they shared the same body type and engine I believe. They dont' make em anymore :p |
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| colonelcrisp |
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GM's response to a mitsubishi eclipse, they shared the same body type and engine I believe. They dont' make em anymore |
and they had a piece of turbo that had a dry lubed bearing in it that squealed like a pig after about 2 years. my buddy had one, that and they transmission was about as smooth as a 1990 ford probe.. helluva knock going into second gear. |
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| tribu |
| quote: | Originally posted by dj_bas
GM's response to a mitsubishi eclipse, they shared the same body type and engine I believe. They dont' make em anymore :p |
I thought Dodge/Chrysler owned Eagle |
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