Do you ever get tired of shifting?
#1
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Do you ever get tired of shifting?
I usually enjoy every minute of driving my car, but today it was just so weird. It wasn't even on that much of heavy traffic just average driving, and I was getting really annoyed with my 5 spd I just wanted to leave the car on 3rd gear and just leave it there the whole time
I guess I'm jut getting old. What about you guys?
Ever get tired of Sift_?
I guess I'm jut getting old. What about you guys?
Ever get tired of Sift_?
#2
I do especially in situations like that. Going 30-31 in 3rd gear and having to slow down a bit and having to downshift, stuff like that. I have a 6 spd so we shift even more than you 5 speeders. It's all good when I hit the highway though.
#5
wait till you drive around a crappy automatic that doesn't shift into the proper gears when you slow for a stop sign and try to pull away in 3rd after slowing to 2-3mph.. by the time you give it enough gas that the ecu says "oh.. downshift, duh!", then it drops to 1st at 20mph and barks the front tires..
stupid nissan automatics.
stupid nissan automatics.
#6
Originally Posted by 2k2wannabe
nope... never have... but I only put about 2,500 miles on my car last year so it's not like I shift often anyway
#8
Originally Posted by ChromeSE5
Only 2,500 in one year? I'm jealous... I put 46,000 last year...
#10
Only one time in the two months that I've owned my Maxima have I been frustrated with the fact that I had to shift: When I had to get from stopped to rolling along slowly repeatedly on I-45/59 South in Downtown Houston where the highway is on an incline, and tilted to the right, with heavy traffic. That really sucked a fat one.
#11
I get tired of the on/off nature of the factory clutch. My factory clutch has 104K miles on it and it's perfect for racing because it grabs hard and very quick, but around town it's too hard modulate and gets annoying.
Dave
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#12
Originally Posted by optimus310
I usually enjoy every minute of driving my car, but today it was just so weird. It wasn't even on that much of heavy traffic just average driving, and I was getting really annoyed with my 5 spd I just wanted to leave the car on 3rd gear and just leave it there the whole time
I guess I'm jut getting old. What about you guys?
Ever get tired of Sift_?
I guess I'm jut getting old. What about you guys?
Ever get tired of Sift_?
#17
Originally Posted by dmontzmax
I never do and I probably drive more than just about anyone on the boards. It is natural to me and when I drive in other cars that are autos I feel weird.
#22
as much as i get tired of driving 5-speed once in a while, everytime i drive an automatic i hate when if i'm cruising in 4th and give the car a little extra gas, all of a sudden the computer downshifts. little things like that make me plenty happy with shifting myself
#23
i usually leave it in 2nd in my auto between heavy traffic. don't really shift into 3rd until 40mph+, then 4th until 60mph+. never get tired of shifting cuz i don't have a clutch
don't you wish you knew the power of automagic?
don't you wish you knew the power of automagic?
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The only time I don't like my manaul is when I have to take off on a hill and someone is 6" from my rear bumper. I hate it when I have to use the parking brake or clutch to take off (so I don't roll back at all). I'd rather let the car roll back a little.
#28
in the morning when i get in the car, i am so happy to throw it to the right and down...just makes it feel like a toy that i'm in control of. As i hit random stop lights on my main street to school and i see a quick opening to get into a faster lane i'm so happy that i can downshift and jump right in. But when i go to NY and traffic is bumper to bumper and u stuck doing 10 mph every 10 seconds, it freaking sucks man. I try to let car roll but traffic seems to always move when my car isnt....grrrr
#30
Originally Posted by darbowmach1
man i like my 6 speed! Ive owned 3,4,5 and 6 speeds and look forward to a 7 speed if someone ever made one! shift=freedom from boring cars.
#32
Originally Posted by darbowmach1
man i like my 6 speed! Ive owned 3,4,5 and 6 speeds and look forward to a 7 speed if someone ever made one! shift=freedom from boring cars.
late 80's/early 90's vette's had 4 + 3, 7 speed transmissions, not quite sure if they were manual or automatic, but my guess is manual, pretty interesting
#34
Originally Posted by optimus310
I usually enjoy every minute of driving my car, but today it was just so weird. It wasn't even on that much of heavy traffic just average driving, and I was getting really annoyed with my 5 spd I just wanted to leave the car on 3rd gear and just leave it there the whole time
I guess I'm jut getting old. What about you guys?
Ever get tired of Sift_?
I guess I'm jut getting old. What about you guys?
Ever get tired of Sift_?
#35
Originally Posted by Matt93SE
wait till you drive around a crappy automatic that doesn't shift into the proper gears when you slow for a stop sign and try to pull away in 3rd after slowing to 2-3mph.. by the time you give it enough gas that the ecu says "oh.. downshift, duh!", then it drops to 1st at 20mph and barks the front tires..
stupid nissan automatics.
stupid nissan automatics.
#36
Originally Posted by Ristina
The max was my first manual and I had never driven stick before so in the beginning I hated driving stick and hated shifting...But I got over it and I love it now... It's AWESOME =)
#39
i like it, except in traffic...
<3 double clutching <3
i like this clutch for my spirited drives but when im in a comfortable mood and just wanna cruise/take off nicely it gets annoying sometimes but whatever im happy with it
<3 double clutching <3
i like this clutch for my spirited drives but when im in a comfortable mood and just wanna cruise/take off nicely it gets annoying sometimes but whatever im happy with it