Manual Transmission woes

[eTiMaGo]

When I first got the car I used to wear pretty huge Oakley special ops style shoes with thick, wide soles. Not at all ideal as I would heel-toe all the time, without even wanting to

Then I soon thereafter got a pair of plain old Converse canvas shoes, they were so much better. But not really comfortable for wearing on a daily basis. So now I have some generic adidas running shoes, very comfortable and just fine for driving... But I did see some bespoke Oakley racing boots in a shop here and boy are they sexy...

I could never get used to driving in flip-flops, I'd have to take them off and go barefoot, but I don't really like that either

[naossoan]

There's a reason why the driver's ed book says to always wear shoes while driving :)

As for the grinding, as far as I know (and by all means I'm no car expert) from reading and talking to some other friends of minethat are more car educated. Grinding a gear here or there isn't going to cause MAJOR problems. I've grinded fourth a few times coming out of Neutral on the highway (I coast down hills whenever possible) by not pushing the clutch in enough - and my fourth gear still works fine. Though I've got less than 4000k on my car.

And as for the fuel economy mine goes roughly like this after a fill up:

First bar goes away around 150km
Second par goes away after 200k
half a tank after 350
7th bar seems to last forever
then last bar starts flashin when i have about 6 litres left in the tank (every time I fill up when that bar is flashing I put about 36 litres in)

Fuel guages are not really that accurate IMO - They havn't been in any of the cars I've owned. I don't even bother anymore I just wait for the last bar to flash - then drive to work another 3 days then fill up :)

As for an example on the 7th bar I drove from my parent's house to my house which is about 178 km before last bar was flashing.

[grampi]

Originally Posted by PK198105

let me know how much will your clutch replacement cost you

About 1/3 as much as it'll cost to have the auto tranny rebuilt, and it won't be required as often.

[grampi]

Originally Posted by PK198105

i drive stick BTW

Oh, okay. That last post of yours make it sound as though you had an auto.

[thatboyjer]

Originally Posted by naossoan

There's a reason why the driver's ed book says to always wear shoes while driving :)

As for the grinding, as far as I know (and by all means I'm no car expert) from reading and talking to some other friends of minethat are more car educated. Grinding a gear here or there isn't going to cause MAJOR problems. I've grinded fourth a few times coming out of Neutral on the highway (I coast down hills whenever possible) by not pushing the clutch in enough - and my fourth gear still works fine. Though I've got less than 4000k on my car.

And as for the fuel economy mine goes roughly like this after a fill up:

First bar goes away around 150km
Second par goes away after 200k
half a tank after 350
7th bar seems to last forever
then last bar starts flashin when i have about 6 litres left in the tank (every time I fill up when that bar is flashing I put about 36 litres in)

Fuel guages are not really that accurate IMO - They havn't been in any of the cars I've owned. I don't even bother anymore I just wait for the last bar to flash - then drive to work another 3 days then fill up :)

As for an example on the 7th bar I drove from my parent's house to my house which is about 178 km before last bar was flashing.

lol its funny how its only till now my original question had gotten answered. we all got so off topic on our own deal, goddamn i love this forum.

[Black Yaris]

everyone just needs to go buy the NST SSK and all your shifting problems will go away

[Devine]

Originally Posted by PK198105

stick shift and heels dont really mix especially when the ladies love their shoes they dont want to brake the heel so they dont clutch all the way thats what i meant.

I don't rock the stripper shoes yo... :)

I can handle my clutch and brake just fine with them....you should try sometime!

c'mon ... give in to your internal girlie curiosities...slap on those 4 " heels and have fun!


BTW...post pics...




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