Manual Shift Help!! - Page 2

Old Reliable · 08-09-2002, 06:05 PM

Ha, thanks guys for the advice. I can get it to go etc...I just have to drive more to get a much smoother transition and feel for the car. And I did drive on a highway overramp and had to stop, lol my dad put on the parking brake I was pretty mad. I gotta pay for insurance for this puppy too, nothing much to worry about though. Jasper is right about gettin a feel for it. It sure as hell tells me when I'm doin something wrong!!!

rudedog · 08-09-2002, 06:19 PM

The bucking and raw egg smell will also tell you your doing something wrong :wink:

Good luck, it may take a clutch or two but you will eventually get the hang of it.

08-09-2002, 07:25 PM

You had a Ford! *Thinking of Rudedog way diffrently :wink:

Im Chevy all the way

Pyro · 08-09-2002, 07:26 PM

I drive my parents Pontiac Grand AM SE.......ya i know I'm cool

Jasper · 08-10-2002, 06:02 AM

My '86 Trans Am can take your Grand Am!

rudedog · 08-10-2002, 07:24 AM

I would hope so Jasper

Gh0st · 08-10-2002, 08:08 AM

I drive a 2002 BMW M3...

omg I hate manual... the thing that is the hardest to get used to is the clutch... when you brake you have to press the clutch and brake, when you go you have to release the clutch while at the same time pressing down on the gas... its just way to confusing... and then sometimes your car starts to jump forward and burn rubber... its really a hard task but in the long run you get used to it, plus manuals are much faster then automatics while accelerating... good for racing

btw I was joking about the bimmer, I drive a new VW Jetta GLI

Jasper · 08-10-2002, 09:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rudedog

I would hope so Jasper

Oh, it would :P

That was my favorite saying when I first got it...
"My Pontiac can take it!!"

Old Reliable · 08-10-2002, 12:27 PM

Grand Ams are girly cars

08-10-2002, 12:31 PM

[quote="Old Reliable":e00d5]Grand Ams are girly cars[/quote:e00d5]

Yeah your right

Cheapest products from Pontiact

BUt its a GM product, so its good, well atleast better then P.O.S Dodge and FORD

rudedog · 08-10-2002, 01:03 PM

Hey my wife drives a 2000 GrandPri GTP with supercharger putting out over 240HP.

Heads up display and full leather.

She does not let me drive it since I told here the heads up display does not go over 99 mph.

and I drive an Ford F150.with more electronic stuff then the space shuttel 8)