5 Things to Avoid When Driving a Manual Car
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 มิ.ย. 2016
- Driving a manual car is great fun and fairly easy to learn but is something that has a few things you can pick up as bad habits when you're learning!
In this video we'll be looking at 5 things to avoid when driving a manual transmission or stick shift car.
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Keep your hand on a handbreak just incase you see a roundabout and want to drift 😂😂
Best advice I've seen in the comments so far ;)
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Levi immature: drifts around the roundabout while people are using it. mature:does it while no one's looking:)
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You don't use the handbrake when you're drifting. When drifting, let the engine do the work. Unsettle the car without using the handbrake. It may mean throwing the weight around with a Scandinavian flick, which is where you steer the wrong way and then the right way, especially in a front wheel drive car, in which case, you have to be going faster too.
rest ur hand on the passenger seat when there's a hot girl beside you and explain why u can't rest it on the gearstick.
This man has the right idea
ARYA VLOGS #21 you're going places with that kind of mindset Bro
Or on the wheel
*explain why she should rest her hand on your gearstick
vloging with aryaman genius mate
Just a note: You don't need to rev the engine in order to warm up the car, the normal revs are fine and they're enough to lubricate, warm up, etc.
Nice man!! My dad has got 200,000 on a clutch in several cars, just go to show they can last a long time!!
Depending on the type of car a clutch can last up to 300,000 KM
Watched all your vids tonite chief, got my test in morning, really helpful vids also relaxing, good to hava lesson in the house. Good man. Many thanks. Prob watch again in morning. Keep it up.
Cheers for watching man and good luck with your test!
Did you pass?
TH-cam unsubbed me from your channel and I couldn't find it for a while now, glad I've stumbled across it again. Just passed my test and I can't wait to get on the road this weekend 😌
Welcome back! Congrats on passing :D
some good tips for new drivers.
Real steep hills require the hand brake to cope with rolling back; however, moderate hills can be attacked with a little judicious footwork. I keep my foot on the brake bringing the revs up to about 2000 and quickly shift into gear and let out the clutch. You'll roll back about an inch or two but remember you have inertia on your side. One thing I do when coming to a stop is slip out of gear without using the clutch. Yeah, yeah, I know I shouldn't but modern synchro-mesh transmissions will let you do it as the engine revs match the drive shaft speed. I also like to shift w/o the clutch but I wouldn't recommend that to anyone who hasn't learned how to do it. You'll end up with a bucket of gears on the ground. Bottom line manual transmissions are wicked fun!
Informative Video :)
About to get a seat ibiza se 1.2, cant wait.
Looks like a fun little machine ;)
Thank you man, enjoy your little Ibiza. I know I enjoy mine!
I'm guilty of number 3. I passed my test, but in my driving instructors car, hill starts were easy. In my 2003 Ford KA, hill starts are a nightmare. You need LOADS of revs to stop it stalling, and I'm talking about the massive revs that don't sound right, and then after that, i get a load of clutch judder which feels like I've crashed the car. Dad bought the car, so naturally won't do anything about it, won't let me take it to a garage, and quite frankly I can't stand it so may be buying a newer car (If I can get more work to afford it obviously).
Random Sarah Grace what he's saying is you only drop the clutch when you're ready to go. Don't slip it a ton just to keep your car in place, you have breaks for that
LemmingRush i remember when my brother first started riding bikes he would "engine brake" by putting it in a really low gear and just constantly slipping it. lol, just dont do that, luckily i caught on before he needed a new clutch.
Random Sarah Grace a badly juddering clutch may be a sign that clutch has been overheated, or damaged in some way.
Random Sarah Grace is this only when you try to start on a hill? or all the time? if youre revving it waay up and then slowly slipping the clutch youre probably warping it from the heat, thats the only thing i can think of if its only on uphill starts
Random Sarah Grace you gotta learn how to slip the clutch better at lower revs. unless the car is POWERLESS you should be able to keep tge revs just a little above idle and then give it gas to keep it there as you slip the clutch, thats the right way to takeoff
So going on with the "hill start" point, I've kind of taken to putting the car in gear with my foot still on the regular brake, releasing the clutch to the biting point, and just quickly jumping to the accelerator to slowly ease into the motion of getting the car moving. Is this basically what was described as what NOT to do in this situation? Or does that kind of follow the same procedure as using the hand brake?
I like knowing all I can about what to do and what not to do with my cars, especially my stick shift Miata since it's my first car with a stick, and I've had it for almost a year. Other than the occasional gear grinds I've had, I don't think I have really any problems in my car.
youre awesome!!! so helpful!c:
Thank you! :D
6. Don't let your wife or girlfriend drive it.
marklintwo feminists triggered
marklintwo or auto boys
Okay,, So she's neither a girlfriend or a wife, She evolved into a fiance. Does that still count or does that make the whole thing neutral?
Dishwashers shouldn't be driving
TechGangsta people with as little intelligence to say that (like yourself) should not be driving
the throwout bearing on my 2004 focus didnt have a grinding sound, it did have a high pitched squeel when engaging in first or second gear. the previous owner probably rested his foot on the pedal a lot. but it wasnt too expensive to fix in my case
I know I know practice makes perfect- but just starting out and I really don't get how you guys can drive manual and talk and everything else. I feel so out of body learning to drive so scared and feel like I can't do this! Your video helped alot I will make sure to keep these in mind as I'm new so won't develop into these bad habits. Maybe in a year's time I'll come back to this and breathe a sigh of relief 😢
How are you getting on it's been a few years now 😂
How’s it going?
thanks for the 3 point
Hills are the worst for me 😰 biggest fear is rolling i to someone. And i get a lot of people that are on my bumper when at a stop so i get no room sometimes
Apply handbrake when uphill,
When you are sure the biting point is good enough & revs are ok to move forward only then let go of handbrake
That way you will never roll backwards
Lol same. My truck doesn’t have a handbrake so it’s really scary.
recently scraped a 1.4 hyundai getz with 250,000 miles on the clock and only replaced the clutch at 150,000 and the was driven to the ragged edge every day of its life with rev matching
connor r so long as you dont seriously abuse it the clutch should last a looong time, its when you abuse it it doesnt last at all
You don’t have to wait for the car to reach operating temperature before driving but you should wait intel it gets down to a good idle but don’t push the engine hard into the temperature is reading good.
it is possible once moving to shift up and down without the clutch. I use this driving hgv lorry's as well. it saves thousands of clutch miles..
Hand on the gearstick, no problem. Every car I've driven had a sprung lever for reverse lockout, and the selectors have a sprung detent holding the forks etc in a locked position.
Riding the clutch, definitely bad, but you can always cover it. This may matter in emergency situations where the extra time could count.
Clutch holding on a hill. Bad driving.
speed matching is racing technique. Use in normal driving is useful I suppose, but not required, because the retarding force from the clutch GENTLY speeding up the engine is a useful braking adjunct. Particularly in low grip situations.
As well as economy technique. It saves wear and tear on the braking system as well as the tires.
While matching possibly saves on clutch wear, that has to be offest against the cost of fuel used in blipping the throttle repeatedly, as well as general wear on the engine components. I would say it's a lottery outcome.
good video! Don't quite know what you mean about rev matching when changing down gear though. Can u explain please?
Hey, thanks for the feedback! I've got a whole video explaining rev matching but it's basically when you're slowing down and need to go into a lower gear you can "blip" the throttle to bring up the revs and take the stress off the clutch. It's something that you don't need to do really, but just takes some wear off the car in the long run! :)
oh yeh i found it. Cheers :)
Rest your foot on the clutch ???? never done that shit in my life
can i skip gears when slowing down? for example i'm in 4th gear but i want to slow down, so i break till 20km/h and change to 2nd gear without going on the 3rd? i'm well aware of downshifting but my instructor said i don't have to do that. i have already passed my driving test with skipping a gear.
Can you do a video on steering your car around bends
when stopped best put it into neutral and get off the clutch so the spring isnt under compression for long periods (plus you get to rest for a few seconds). If you dont recomend resting foot on the clutch where should you rest it and still be able to get to it quickly incase shit hits the fan? (only asking because i dont have a dead pedal)
Number 6: Dont drive a Seat...
Lmao
mushi Whats so bad about Seat's?
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I used to be a dab hand with the handbrake. I once parallel parked in a queue of traffic because I made a mistake and got stuck in the middle of a junction as the lights changed. I accelerated perpendicular to the queue and aimed the car at the space / car in front's rear bumper with the front right edge with mine applied the handbrake and slid in stopping perfectly square and about 2 inched off the curb. I was well pleased :) hah. I gave up after owning a bmw. The handbrake is terrible in E46's.
Is this bad.
When I am at a stop, or on a hill when i am about to take off, like at the last car goes past I let the clutch out a bit while I hold the break so that the car wont role back when i go break the throttle
I mostly do this in my car with a heavey clutch and 3L turbo so it is pretty powerful the car doesnt need the accelerator to take off unless i need to go extra quick.
In my smaller car (2.8 no turbo) I do it less often
so does going out of gear and getting down in speed to downshifthurt anything?....i do it alot when i go into a turn..say im in forth, i take my car out of gear....let the car go into the turn with a little break applied and then pop back into the 3rd. Any prob with doing that? Thanks in advance
2:51--> means like balancing whit a litte bit of gas and keep the clutch at the biting point in a hill aigainst gravity so you stay in a stopped spo,t gravity try to pull you downhill when you try to go uphill when you have same power whit clutch and gas as the gravity you stay still/stopped on a hill
also when stopped at junctions and traffic lights but your car in neutral with your foot OFF the clutch. this causes premature wear on the release bearing
XoR Disturbed 1 i though this was in there? if not yeah, your throwout vearing will go out and make a nasty rattling noise
My new Mazda 3 has hill launch assist and an electronic parking brake because Satan. I also learned on a car with a pedal parking brake. My technique has always been: lift off the clutch just enough to get an appreciable dip in RPM, and that should give you enough time to get from brake to gas without much or any roll back. Obviously this requires some finesse. And no, this isn't to hold you in place while you wait. Just to give you the
I am going to learn how to drive amanual car tomorrow🤧 first time so excited
How was it?
I'm not taking advice off someone who drives a Seat.. yes I'm a snob
jrea424 there's nothing wrong with VAG cars? You fucking idiot
No its just seat... theres a reason theryre cheap
jrea424 Before VW bought them I can understand they were shit
I'd agree to a certain extent, the fact that VW basically made a certain model and effectively changed the name and badge to a seat is clear the brand doesn't exist anymore. Most seats now have the VW chassis and engine but they're a lot more reliable than they used to be
geheimschriver no no no I don't buy into it I own a Volvo and always will, I agree with the reliability of a Toyota but cmon dude you've but Italian and French cars in the list infront of Swedish and German? You can't possibly say any French car is safe and comfortable, they use cheap plastics matched with horrible fabric without even touching upon electrical issues and for Italians unless you're regarding Ferrari and Lamborghini. Fiat and Alfa are even worse. I think you'll find a lot of other manufacturers have, Hidden dirty secrets. VW won't be the only ones and as proven they aren't. If you won't safety choose a Volvo they aren't the indestructible cars of the 90's they used to be put they are damn easily the safest brand of cars out there
In Finland they teach you to use the clutch on hills so don't know if that really hurts it
the Speedometer gives me my road speed. How do you know when the engine matches that?
I don't rev match when I downshift and it isn't jerky at all. I just brake down to the slowest speed for that gear and then shift and slowly let out the clutch. Is that still alright?
Yeah that's absolutely fine for normal driving! If you don't want to revmatch you don't have to, you'll just have to be very gentle with releasing the clutch.
MorganFromNewZealand some cars rev match for you
Wouldnt that be considered riding the clutch?
If you slowly release the clutch to speed your engine up that causes wear on the clutch..
Im just speculating but you can speed up your engine by pressing on the gas, or using the clutch and the force of the tires spinning.. clutches are expensive to replace..
I could be 100% wrong.
All you need to do is hit the gas before you downshift and match where the revs will be. I use it for twisty roads
MorganFromNewZealand that honestly sounds like more work than rev matching, just shift down one or two(so long as you're not revving the crap out of it to do it) gears into a lower one before you get to the stop and stop completely in the gear. if you meant while driving normally and not stopping why not rev match? if you let the clutch out slowly then yeah it'll wear faster, but itll still last a looong time so long as you dont abuse it
I press the button on the handbrake when stopped and when im about to move and find the bite keep hold of the button and move handbrake up n down till you have the bite
nice !
Am I the only one who feels more comfortable to steer with only one hand? With two hands, I feel less in control, like my hands are going two ways. With one hand, there's no coordination issue and it feels just right.
I think you should practice more in a closed off area before hitting the public roads if you lack that much control.
when im on a hill i just take my foot off the brake, instantly go to the gas and slam it all the way down and im good
Are those standard seats for that car? Looks nice.
They are for the DAB edition and the Sportrider's of the same age have even nicer ones haha. Little bit worn with use/age now though :)
And here I am with my 10 year old beat up economy car with a black primed hood and stained seats with cigarette holes. Haha gotta love being broke. I enjoy driving it though, that's what really matters! Nice car man.
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I kinda rest my foot on the accelerator. My driving instructor says thats not what I should be doing🤔
Hey bro I remember you mentioned that your insurance at 17 was under £2k I think? Where were you living at the time and did you add a parent ? Thanks!
It was man, I did have both my parents added on as extra drivers too. It definitely helps the price out in most cases, as long as you're not fronting lmao.
i dont use shift stick although i drive a manual ..i just start with 1st gear on and stop like i am struck by a lightning
Some cars (mainly trucks) have a foot pedal e-brake
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I like gripping the bolster of the passenger seat.
Hill starting are the easiest thing I've ever done and I'm a learner
Thing to avoid in Manual Car
*Don't Stall It!*
no3 my mum does this all the time she never realizes the damage she's doing lol, Thanks great tips.
Thanks for the tips ! Your car seems like tight fit for the driver...
I Watched Videos covering these Bad Habbits about Driving A Manual Car before i Learned to Drive.
Thanks to the Web i never do these Bad Habbits.
but if i am stopped and i push the clutch in all the way is that ok or is it still rubbing.
also if i am going down hill can i just push the clutch in all the way?
Danny ray it's safer to leave the car in gear with the clutch out when going down hill, otherwise you have no engine braking. If you're going down a big hill with national speed then might as well pop it out of gear and let it roll down though
If your clutch is all the way in it won't be wearing the plates at all. It's more trouble then it's worth to pop the car out of gear going down hill, might as well keep it in gear so you have a little more control over it.
At least depending where you are anyway. Where I am I have a massive hill that goes down then back up.. it's national speed limit until the top so let it roll down, by the time I reach the top I'm at the speed limit - 40. I'd only suggest doing it if no cars are in front of you though. Suppose it's just what your driving style is
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I just keep both my hands on the steering wheel instead of resting it somewhere else because i find it for comfortable to drive that way
Best way to go!
Wow u replied,anyway nice video though 👍🏻
Thank you :)
For example in my car(Skoda Octavia '15) I can't h&t because the distance between brake and gas is too big for my feet. In normal driving with a little braking is too impossible to reach the gas pedal.
I understand, my car is pretty much on the limit too and it is a little bit tricky to reach the throttle sometimes too. It's always possible to get a different pedal set and adjust the reach if it's completely out of the question with the stock set. Sometimes it's not worth it though! :P
+Paynos my car is still in warranty, so is not a good idea to use adapters for stock pedals. this can cause a warranty problem. Your videos are very educative for who wants to learn something above the basic driving. keep going on car reviews.
Yeah I understand, sometimes it's not worth the trouble!
Thanks for the kind words :)
Same clutch for 430k on my vauxhall astra
My have have 205300 km and I have never change any parts besides brake discs and pads and tires :)
I never let my car start cold, I wait for the car to run for a bit so the AC can kick in. It gets hot in the summers, man.
Also, as someone learning to drive a manual, got any tips for what to do for when you accidentally shift into the wrong gear? (ex: Shifting from 3 to 2 instead of 4) What i do is simply shift back into the gear i wanted, and i've got a feeling that's really bad.
You can shift straight back to the gear you wanted no worries, just make sure you catch the problem as soon as possible by dipping the clutch if you shift to a lower gear by accident. If you shift from say 2nd to 1st instead of 3rd whilst accelerating hard you can do a lot of damage.
you should talk about how cars may feel different e.g. heavier or wider cars have a different steering feeling and larger displacement engines react to input on accelerator and the clutch (my experience is a larger engine gives you more control over the car and there is more leniency with the clutch's biting point so your less likely to stall the car). also differences between diesel and petrol weather conditions and how driving a car the wrong way e.g. 1l ecoboost 90ps corsa with handbrake turns revving to the red line and slamming on brakes will not just effect cars wear but control. and the real truth about driving is if your not in a rush you should have a comfy ride without damaging car, loosing control, tickets or hitting a pedestrian crossing road.
Thanks for the thoughts on video ideas man! :)
Sadly I can't heel and toe in my car because the gas pedal is waaaaaay to far back behind the brake pedal, there's no way of reaching it even when the brake pedal is fully pressed down. :(
It's a bit obvious that if you keep one hand constantly on the gear stick you'll only have one on the steering wheel consequently having less control of the car.
Don't breath on your clutch it will cause unnecessary wear and will save you a lot in the long run
Over here in America, most people think its hard put it just takes time, it just takes time, every car and truck is different
Warmup a car is an old concept now it is recommended to just start and wait few seconds and go. Google search can clear this thing. Especially new car having advanced system rather than old carburetor systems need not warm up and warming harm the piston cylinder....
the car I have now is a manual, has gone through 3 kids learning to drive, and has 180,000 miles on it. ive owned it for the last 50-60k miles, dad bought it new in 06. never have had to do anything involving the clutch. I rest my hand on the stick Everytime I drive. and I never rev match. so tell me how it's increasing wear. many cars engines don't even last that long let alone a clutch.
I do atleast 3 of those 5 things 😁
Warming up tip was weird one. Even when it's at optimal 90 degrees, you still need to wait a bit for oil to warm up? What do you expect, people will heat their cars to 90 degrees before driving?
Modern cars (with direct fuel injection) don't need long heating. It needs about 20 seconds for oil to start flowing through system and you're ready to go.
in heaven Fuel injection means you can start it up and piss off straight away, I just really mean you need to let it heat up before you step on it or rag it at all. you should have some oil temp for that.
Well, im not 100 percent sure, but you only need oil to start flowing through whole system, it will heat up while driving. My friend never really heated his car and he is still driving more than 100 km every day fine... Some manuals for cars suggest about 20 seconds of warming up..
Obviously if you start driving like madman and change gears at 6k rpm, your engine won't last long, but cold engine is fine operating at below 3k rpm
In theory, I understand exactly how hill starts are supposed to work. I put the handbrake in and I'm sitting waiting to go. Find the biting point. Higher revs than on flat ground. slowly release the clutch until I feel the car shift forward, but then when I release the handbrake, it stalls. Any tips?
Might be releasing the handbrake too fast. Generally you’ll want to release it slowly. I could be completely wrong tho
My dad rests his hand on his stick always and hes never had problems. And hes only changed his clutch once his in 190k miles
A car with no center armrest? I would lose my sanity being that uncomfortable
Please paynos tell me which car it is
Ha! "Keep your hand on...on..." 1:12 Good one!
My old car was a 206, and whoever has driven one of those before would know how shit hill starts are to preform in them. The clutch has a 'chomp' point, not a bite (it's so fucking sudden), so you need all the revs you can get otherwise it will simply just stall. My current car has hill hold, so hill starts aren't wearing on the clutch
Hill hold is really underrated on modern cars, cool little feature
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old car needed to be warmed up couple minutes. know u just turn on car wait 30 seconds and just drive calm and u will see how u won't be choking your engine with so much fuel just waiting for it to warm up. just research that u will be surprised how wrong warming it up for like 10 to 15 minutes.
in short terms your making the engine inject alot more gas just to meet optimal temperature to warm up.
Not resting my hand on the gearstick..But why? What does that wear? Except for the head of the stick.
Sergiu Gabriel It doesn't fucking matter all my family have been doimg it for years and basically 15others ppl i know.
There are bushings under the shifter that aren't really designed for constant pressure
It's not going to cause massive wear, just slight wear over very long periods of time.
I call bullshit on #1 unless your hand is so heavy that it go through the driveshaft or the shift head.
Ryan Wardrop I recommend checking out engineering explained TH-cam channel explains everything correctly
I had 218k miles on my factory clutch in a Toyota pickup before it gave up!
That's some awesome going! You can either have a clutch for the entire lifetime of the car or for 10k miles from new if you don't know what you're doing haha.
I keep mine on armrest.
like your saying dont use the clutch has a brake ??? noone does that.... you have the foot on the brake and the when you start letting go off the clutch stop braking and then help with some gas ?????
Lately my 07 Cobalt SS has been throwing P0833 Codes for failing clutch switch b. Ive tried changing the switch and still no resolution. I mean the car starts , But i have it in the shop right now because the cruise control doesn't work and it revs bad when i shift. All this happened, I think because of my prior driving habits, in bad traffic. Stop and Go.
T-swizzle Bizzle could all be electrical
Yea thats been in the back of my mind; although very rare occurrences should you ever really have to replace the entire electronic systemPc, so maybe a short in the fuse connectors or clutch switch connector IDk.
T-swizzle Bizzle check where the clutch switch goes too or maybe it's just a ground
The "hill start" is fucking bs!Here we need it as part of our driving test, some places have ridiculous hills every fucking where!The damage is not that big and it's not that expensive if you think about how long it takes to wear out.And keep both hands of the fucking wheel people!
My Peugeot 206 xsi has 160000 miles on the clock and is still on the original clutch and it's still ok.
Mike B bet the rear axels dead tho
ADirtyPanda97 Your correct I've had the bearings replaced on the rear axle.Was a pig of a job but probably would have been easier just to buy a recon axle.
You should have both hands on the steering wheel.
you know that the foot brake can hold your car on a hill too, you don't have to pull the handbrake when doing a hill start just brake with your foot.
You can do either, you'd want to use the handbrake if you're worried about rolling back at all though!
Why don't the footbrake work?
It will, it's up to you to decide what's easier!
£400 for a clutch + labour???? Fml I was £4700 for a clutch + labour for an evo 10 (manual)
Evo requires the front sub frame to be dropped.
rambow70 I know that because the car didn't have a front at one point, the tub was the first bit of the car
Nearly 5k? Wow man I might stay away from Evo's for a bit hahaha. Mega cars though man, hope you're enjoying it :)
Lambos need them every 10-15k miles....a new clutch is 25k :)
Jeremy Kyle i don't have to experience that yet😳
The book says my ford focus manual doesn't need to warm up. The only thing it supposedly hurts is the gas mileage
For sure, I mean modern engines can be driven straight off from cold. Warming them up for 30 seconds can just relieve a little bit of internal wear but you don't have to :)
I do at least let it sit for 15 to 30 seconds to let the oil run through. I think that should be the minimum
Yeah absolutely I do the same, once you've let it sit for a bit you can only really warm it up properly further by getting moving from then on.
Allegedly idling for too long can increase wear too (according to some scientists) as petrol acts as a solvent to remove the film of oil from the cylinders. When the engine is cold the fuel system will add more petrol to help starting, compounding the problem. They say its best to let it run for a few seconds and then set off at low RPM to build up heat and get the engine running on a non rich fuel/air mixture. Not sure if there is any evidence it creates noticeable wear, but its probably one of the reasons diesel engines usually last longer - as diesel is a lubricant.
Yeah absolutely, if you sit there from cold on idle for 15 odd minutes you're going to create engine hotspots and put some weird wear in different places. It's all about that balance of giving it a few seconds at the start and then getting moving to heat the rest of the engine.
There is no problem with resting hand on the gear shift. you're not applying any force to the shift stick so you're not causing damage. it's just a false belief. you probably cause much more wear to the gears by shifting them (this is their normal wear).
Well what about weighted gear knobs... why would companies produce these if weight on your Shifter is bad
Iv not long had to change my Gear Knob as the old one was worn out.
Couldnt believe how heavy the Standerd Knob was compared to the new one i fitted.
It's the not weight on the shifter it's that your slightly pushing the shifter in either forward or backwards which wear the syncros
Devin Stambolziovski yeah, it's a costly repair, anything transmission related is expensive.
I had 2 transmissions go in my 2006 Ford focus (5 speed manual), 1 went after less then 5000kms, not due to my driving however, the vehicle I drove for a living was a standard and i put tons of kms on it without issue.
the transmissions I put in my focus were used, i believe I got bad garbage trannys...
also front wheel drive cars where all those drivetrain component are all squished up in tight spaces, arent nearly as durable as an nice for example v8 engine with the crankshaft and transmission running parallel to the length of the car, with a nice thick drive shaft and solid real Axle + diff. very happy with my 2010 crown victoria. much more reliable.
30 seconds max and 150.000 miles same clutch and I hold on a hill with it.and there is no such thing as running or breaking the engine any more
All In mopar running and breaking? what? you mean engine braking on the second one?
Am I the only one who noticed that, every time the camera shows his legs, the CD track timer starts from 00:00?
Cube8 it goes to 9 then resets
How about not to touch the Wheel so you dont wear it too much Xddddd
(ironic)
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