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Shant M
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Wed Oct 26, 2005 8:03 am Post subject:
Finally learning how to drive stick!! |
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With my lease ending in late March, I decided no more automatic trans
for me. I've been learning how to drive stick and I'm getting pretty
good at it. Hills are still a bit tricky for me, but i'm getting the
hang of it.
The '06 330i i've been eyeing will be oh so sweeter in a nice 6-speed!!!
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Dodgy
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Wed Oct 26, 2005 2:53 pm Post subject:
Re: Finally learning how to drive stick!! |
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On 25 Oct 2005 20:03:49 -0700, "Shant M" <shantm@gmail.com> waffled on
about something:
| Quote: | With my lease ending in late March, I decided no more automatic trans
for me. I've been learning how to drive stick and I'm getting pretty
good at it. Hills are still a bit tricky for me, but i'm getting the
hang of it.
The '06 330i i've been eyeing will be oh so sweeter in a nice 6-speed!!!
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Pssst... You really should keep quiet about this, or keep it to a US
based forum only... Over here in the UK pretty much every teenager
learns how to drive in a Manual (stick to you). The only teenagers you
hear of taking an automatic only driving test are physically/mentally
unable to use a manual and therefore subject to much mickey/piss
taking (I think that's busting your chops in American).
An automatic is either something you move on to as you learn that
start stop traffic jams are a pain in the left leg or something you
borrow off your dad!
And before I get chewed up by the auto brigade, I've got a auto
specifically to deal with the M25 traffic!
Good luck anyway Shant M, just remember not to ride the clutch or
you'll be going through them faster than brake pads.
Dodgy.
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MUSHROOMS ARE THE OPIATE OF THE MOOSES |
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Corey Shuman
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Thu Oct 27, 2005 1:13 am Post subject:
Re: Finally learning how to drive stick!! |
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why limit yourself to the six speed... the new m5 has a 7 speed smg...
not quite as connected as the actual clutch pedal... but wow... 7
speeds... what fun I could have....
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Malt_Hound
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Thu Oct 27, 2005 3:29 am Post subject:
Re: Finally learning how to drive stick!! |
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Corey Shuman wrote:
| Quote: | why limit yourself to the six speed... the new m5 has a 7 speed smg...
not quite as connected as the actual clutch pedal... but wow... 7
speeds... what fun I could have....
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Personally, I prefer the fun of driving the car myself.
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Floyd Rogers
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Thu Oct 27, 2005 3:53 am Post subject:
Re: Finally learning how to drive stick!! |
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"Malt_Hound" <""Malt_Hound\"@*spam-me not*yahoo.com"> wrote
| Quote: | Corey Shuman wrote:
why limit yourself to the six speed... the new m5 has a 7 speed smg...
not quite as connected as the actual clutch pedal... but wow... 7
speeds... what fun I could have....
Personally, I prefer the fun of driving the car myself.
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Then wait a year until the fully manual version is available - supposedly
*ONLY* in the US because diehards demanded it. It's not clear if the
manual version will even be available in Europe, poor fellows. ;->
Floyd |
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Dave Plowman (News)
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Thu Oct 27, 2005 4:23 am Post subject:
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In article <1130357637.984528.17910@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>,
Corey Shuman <cshuman@gmail.com> wrote:
| Quote: | why limit yourself to the six speed... the new m5 has a 7 speed smg...
not quite as connected as the actual clutch pedal... but wow... 7
speeds... what fun I could have....
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But that's an auto. ;-)
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*On the other hand, you have different fingers.
Dave Plowman dave@davenoise.co.uk London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
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DRP535
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Thu Oct 27, 2005 8:06 am Post subject:
Re: Finally learning how to drive stick!! |
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On 25 Oct 2005 20:03:49 -0700, "Shant M" <shantm@gmail.com> wrote:
| Quote: | With my lease ending in late March, I decided no more automatic trans
for me. I've been learning how to drive stick and I'm getting pretty
good at it. Hills are still a bit tricky for me, but i'm getting the
hang of it.
The '06 330i i've been eyeing will be oh so sweeter in a nice 6-speed!!!
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Posts like these are only going to get more and more common. The
conventional manual transmission's days are numbered. The writing is well
and truly on the wall.
I went to a tyre shop to get some new rubber fitted and needed a lift to
work just down the road from the shop. I asked if someone from the workshop
could come with me and take the car back to the shop with them to fit the
tyres. "Sure" said the helpful guy behind the counter and got one of the
most junior kids in the workshop to come with me.
When we got to the car, he looked in through the window and sheepishly said
"sorry, I can't drive this car". I didn't twig the reason why so he had to
tell me he'd never driven a car with a clutch before.
A guy gets a job in a business doing work on customer's cars and he doesn't
know how to drive a manual!! Sadly not that unusual believe it or not and
only going to get more common. |
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Thu Oct 27, 2005 5:12 pm Post subject:
Re: Finally learning how to drive stick!! |
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Dodgy wrote:
| Quote: | An automatic is either something you move on to as you learn that
start stop traffic jams are a pain in the left leg or something you
borrow off your dad!
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...or you don't like 4 gear changes to get to 30mph in a 6-speed. |
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Dave Plowman (News)
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Thu Oct 27, 2005 6:46 pm Post subject:
Re: Finally learning how to drive stick!! |
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In article <1130415161.487518.128070@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
<adder1969@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
| Quote: | An automatic is either something you move on to as you learn that
start stop traffic jams are a pain in the left leg or something you
borrow off your dad!
..or you don't like 4 gear changes to get to 30mph in a 6-speed.
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You can always skip gears if not in a hurry.
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*The e-mail of the species is more deadly than the mail *
Dave Plowman dave@davenoise.co.uk London SW
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Dodgy
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Thu Oct 27, 2005 9:01 pm Post subject:
Re: Finally learning how to drive stick!! |
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On 27 Oct 2005 05:12:41 -0700, adder1969@yahoo.co.uk waffled on about
something:
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Dodgy wrote:
An automatic is either something you move on to as you learn that
start stop traffic jams are a pain in the left leg or something you
borrow off your dad!
..or you don't like 4 gear changes to get to 30mph in a 6-speed.
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What kind of truck do you drive adder?!
Dodgy.
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Tom K.
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Thu Oct 27, 2005 9:18 pm Post subject:
Re: Finally learning how to drive stick!! |
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<adder1969@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
news:1130415161.487518.128070@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
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Dodgy wrote:
An automatic is either something you move on to as you learn that
start stop traffic jams are a pain in the left leg or something you
borrow off your dad!
..or you don't like 4 gear changes to get to 30mph in a 6-speed.
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So you normally drive your BMW in 5th gear at 30 mph. How does it cruise at
1200 rpm?
Tom |
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Jeff Strickland
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Thu Oct 27, 2005 10:39 pm Post subject:
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I learned to drive a stick with a 3-on-the-tree, a 3 speed that had the
shifter on the side of the steering column.
"Shant M" <shantm@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1130295829.929794.290060@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
| Quote: | With my lease ending in late March, I decided no more automatic trans
for me. I've been learning how to drive stick and I'm getting pretty
good at it. Hills are still a bit tricky for me, but i'm getting the
hang of it.
The '06 330i i've been eyeing will be oh so sweeter in a nice 6-speed!!!
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Malt_Hound
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Fri Oct 28, 2005 1:02 am Post subject:
Re: Finally learning how to drive stick!! |
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Jeff Strickland wrote:
| Quote: | I learned to drive a stick with a 3-on-the-tree, a 3 speed that had the
shifter on the side of the steering column.
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Hell-yeah...
My first car was a '63 Ford Falcon ragtop w/ the 260cu.in. V8 & 3 on the
tree. I couldn't stick with the column shifter though (too granny for
me) so I put a Hurst floor shifter in it.
That was back in what, 1973? I paid $250 for it with ~35 k miles on the
clock. But I think it was only around a $2k car when it was new and I
remember buying gas then at ~ .35/gal.
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z
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Fri Oct 28, 2005 3:06 am Post subject:
Re: Finally learning how to drive stick!! |
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DRP535 <drp535.nospam@softhome.net> wrote in
news:0lg0m1tr1n4ji9rtsdip1e92jgcdl8svtu@4ax.com:
| Quote: | On 25 Oct 2005 20:03:49 -0700, "Shant M" <shantm@gmail.com> wrote:
With my lease ending in late March, I decided no more automatic trans
for me. I've been learning how to drive stick and I'm getting pretty
good at it. Hills are still a bit tricky for me, but i'm getting the
hang of it.
The '06 330i i've been eyeing will be oh so sweeter in a nice
6-speed!!!
Posts like these are only going to get more and more common. The
conventional manual transmission's days are numbered. The writing is
well and truly on the wall.
I went to a tyre shop to get some new rubber fitted and needed a lift
to work just down the road from the shop. I asked if someone from the
workshop could come with me and take the car back to the shop with
them to fit the tyres. "Sure" said the helpful guy behind the counter
and got one of the most junior kids in the workshop to come with me.
When we got to the car, he looked in through the window and sheepishly
said "sorry, I can't drive this car". I didn't twig the reason why so
he had to tell me he'd never driven a car with a clutch before.
A guy gets a job in a business doing work on customer's cars and he
doesn't know how to drive a manual!! Sadly not that unusual believe it
or not and only going to get more common.
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I had to drive a buddies car back for him the other week -- imagine my
dread when I saw the automatic shifter!
After figuring out you hit the brake to shift into go and then hitting
the brake about 20 times looking for the clutch it wasn't too bad.
It certainly didn't feel like driving, more like holding on while the
damn car decided what to do.
Not fun at all.. i'll never own one of those dang things |
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Dean Dark
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Fri Oct 28, 2005 3:08 am Post subject:
Re: Finally learning how to drive stick!! |
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On Thu, 27 Oct 2005 16:02:31 -0400, Malt_Hound
<""Malt_Hound\"@*spam-me not*yahoo.com"> wrote:
| Quote: | Jeff Strickland wrote:
I learned to drive a stick with a 3-on-the-tree, a 3 speed that had the
shifter on the side of the steering column.
My first car was a '63 Ford Falcon ragtop w/ the 260cu.in. V8 & 3 on the
tree. I couldn't stick with the column shifter though (too granny for
me) so I put a Hurst floor shifter in it.
One of my early ones was a '62 or '63 Ford Cortina - pre-crossflow, |
unfortunately - with a *four* speed column shifter. The shifter
actually wasn't too bad at all - quite positive. At that time Ford
definitely had the better gearboxes. The only other column shift that
I had that came close to being good was a Renault 16 TS. But that car
rusted even faster than the Cortina did.
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Dan. |
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