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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjkRB1Ibjj0 Let's do some reverse slammies while we're at it
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trannies lol.
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Nov 21, 2016 03:36
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Blue Train posted:idiot bitch, 1980: I want my car to shift gears for me, driving is hard
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Nov 21, 2016 08:29
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A guy I know... This video or car would not be anywhere near as cool with an auto/glide. https://youtu.be/wF_aQ_jWpBE
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Nov 21, 2016 08:38
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My WRX manual specifically says don't put the car in first gear when you park, and just use the parking break. How can a parking break fail? (it can't unless you have no idea how to tweak it every 15 years to adjust for wear down).
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Nov 21, 2016 10:07
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Wendigee posted:My WRX manual specifically says don't put the car in first gear when you park, and just use the parking break. The cables can rust and snap, although that'll usually happen as you're pulling up on the brake.
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Nov 21, 2016 10:36
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Or the mechanism can just freeze solid if the car was wet.
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Nov 21, 2016 11:13
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WRX's are not know for the world's strongest manual transmissions, although the only way I could see the trans being damaged from being left in gear is if the car was run into by another vehicle. Parking brakes are not infallible, though, they're much weaker than the normal foot brake, so on a hill, ALWAYS put the car in gear as well as use the parking brake. Turn the wheel so that the tires are against the curb, too, if possible.
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Nov 21, 2016 11:30
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Wendigee posted:My WRX manual specifically says don't put the car in first gear when you park, and just use the parking break. what why
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Nov 21, 2016 11:41
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All the cool cats are using CVTs, clearly
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Nov 21, 2016 11:50
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i've had the handbrake snap on a fiesta ST, an iggy sport and a lovely old punto. It's clicked off the ratchet system about three times on my swift sport. i don't even bother with handbrakes anymore, it's not even like I'm doing hanbrake turns or anything. swift and ST both need clutch depressed to start
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Nov 21, 2016 12:03
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first things i learned when i was being taught to drive stick was to always leave it in gear (first or reverse depending on the angle of the incline) with the pbrake on when parking and always disengage the clutch before turning the ignition
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Nov 21, 2016 12:09
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My Mazda 3 '98 only starts if the clutch is down, which I think is good, it instills BEST PRACTICES in the driver
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Nov 21, 2016 15:06
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CharlesM posted:The cables can rust and snap, although that'll usually happen as you're pulling up on the brake. Or, if the system uses those small brake shoes in the rear rotors, the backing plates which hold the mechanism in place on each wheel can rust and they just fall apart and rattle around in the drum. The shoes can also delaminate and freeze the mechanism.
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Nov 21, 2016 15:26
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Sialia posted:All the cool cats are using CVTs, clearly cvt = 'coolest version (of) transmissions'
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Nov 21, 2016 15:30
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oh let me just shift a bunch of gears like a jerk instead of having optimum power and torque at all speeds
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Nov 21, 2016 15:32
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Optimum power and torque for what, sucking and being slow?
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Nov 21, 2016 15:51
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CVTs should be good because they can theoretically hold the car at optimum RPMs but every single one I've driven is like the least responsive thing ever *puts foot on floor* *transmission talking in fat guy voice* "whooaa just hold on a second buddy *grunt unnrrggh* OK here we gooougghhh"
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Nov 21, 2016 16:17
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Monkey Fracas posted:CVTs should be good because they can theoretically hold the car at optimum RPMs but every single one I've driven is like the least responsive thing ever "Hold on, lemme just *FAAAAAAAAAAAAAARMRMBMRMBMRMBMRMMRMBMRHHLGLGLLLl" ok, vroom vroom, have fun*
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Nov 21, 2016 16:20
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I prefer automatics because I'm lazy and don't particularly enjoy driving anyways
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mobby_6kl posted:Optimum power and torque for what, sucking and being slow? but enough about your mother! ah ah ah
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Nov 21, 2016 16:23
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I'm a car autist who loves jerkin' my stick. I make no apologies.
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Nov 21, 2016 16:24
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ElGroucho posted:"Hold on, lemme just *FAAAAAAAAAAAAAARMRMBMRMBMRMBMRMMRMBMRHHLGLGLLLl" ok, vroom vroom, have fun* Maybe it's just Nissan CVTs that are like this all my rental cars wind up being Nissans for some reason and they loooove CVTs and also locking proper throttle response and better CVT behavior behind a "Sport Mode" which I'm guessing is some MPG-fixing bullshit they even put a CVT in the Maxima which they still dare to call a "sport sedan" gently caress you Nissan make a new Z-car
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Nov 21, 2016 16:30
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Monkey Fracas posted:Maybe it's just Nissan CVTs that are like this I had a loaner Altima for a weekend this past summer and it was the same way. Putting your foot down revved the engine, but the car just didn't want to actually move. They offer a model with a V6, but I don't know what the point is when it's locked away behind that lovely transmission. The brakes on that car were the opposite though. There was no analog range to them and anything more than the lightest feather touch slammed you against the seatbelt.
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Nov 21, 2016 16:46
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Consider this - the LEAST lovely cvt I've ever driven was in an altima.
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Nov 21, 2016 17:43
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Gaspergers.
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Monkey Fracas posted:*puts foot on floor* automatics.txt
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Nov 21, 2016 17:47
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A transmission that makes the car's RPMs gradually climb in an uncanny fashion even though speed isn't actually increasing? I sense the fell influence of the Dark Automotive Priests and their master Zaul'gth The Transmission Defiler
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On my big cliched cross country American road trip last year I concluded that a combination of all cars being automatic, having cruise control and the pointless state of driving tests combined to make you the worst nation of drivers I've been in. When you can drive with literally one finger for hours on end you lose all connection to the fact you're controlling a hulking metal death machine. Dangerous poo poo that makes me rage in the UK was absolutely par for the course in the states. My manual driving skills came in useful in Seattle when I went with my stoned friend to pick up his buddy's car, which he'd parked on a hill, so suffered two attempts of him trying to reverse and instead rolling into the car in front before I took over.
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Nov 24, 2016 05:52
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a take so lukewarm a british pub would pour it in a glass and charge you for it
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some months back I reluctantly agreed to do a run for a friend in his new scania eurofag truck and was horrified when I got in and found it had this gay autoshifting setup so basically all, I had to do is steer it just didn't seem right but after 2 days I started to like it I think I might be gay now (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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Butterfly Valley posted:On my big cliched cross country American road trip last year I concluded that a combination of all cars being automatic, having cruise control and the pointless state of driving tests combined to make you the worst nation of drivers I've been in. When you can drive with literally one finger for hours on end you lose all connection to the fact you're controlling a hulking metal death machine. Dangerous poo poo that makes me rage in the UK was absolutely par for the course in the states. Well, I dont know about a cross country trip in a foreign country being cliched, but your opinion certainly is
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Butterfly Valley posted:On my big cliched cross country American road trip last year I concluded that a combination of all cars being automatic, having cruise control and the pointless state of driving tests combined to make you the worst nation of drivers I've been in. When you can drive with literally one finger for hours on end you lose all connection to the fact you're controlling a hulking metal death machine. Dangerous poo poo that makes me rage in the UK was absolutely par for the course in the states. Drivers in Czechia are terrible too. Myth busted.
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I've driven in places like Turkey where on the surface of it the roads are much more dangerous and the rules broken far more, but because you know everyone drives like a lunatic you can match your behaviour accordingly and it feels safer. The states ostensibly should be a lot better but in practice I had so many more near misses there than anywhere else. poo poo like truckers pulling into my lane without indicating and forcing me to brake/change lanes immediately or be squashed, but there's a row of pick up trucks in the fast lane and in front who have been driving 5mph under the speed limit for the last few miles, so brake it is and hope the guy behind you is paying attention and isn't on his phone because that also doesn't seem to have filtered through to the general consciousness as to be a loving stupid thing to do. Anyway sorry for the derail. I wish I was driving a manual on the blue ridge parkway and up highway 1.
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CharlesM posted:Drivers in Czechia are terrible too. Myth busted. You really haven't seen poo poo until you've driven in Russia or other real Eastern Europe, or most of the third world. South Africa was surprisingly civilized in my experience but everything else is quite a bit crazier. Also made this take on a famous flag in another thread but it really belongs here. 
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lol if your car doesn't have five gears + reverse
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jBrereton posted:lol if your car doesn't have five gears + reverse i stole the 5speed knob off my totaled 325 a half hour before it got crushed and use it in my 540. secret maximum speed gear
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mobby_6kl posted:At least they know to stay the gently caress away from the left lane! For the most part. Actually when I've been there in modern times it's been normal enough. I was there as a kid back when it was Czechoslovakia and things were a bit scarier. I didn't think anybody was going to call me out on my BS posting :P
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due to the stupid traffic here i've thought about making up DENVER ROWING CLUB bumper stickers with a shift pattern on one side and a diagram of the Mousetrap on the other. when its clear tho, good good is it fun to drop to third and hammer those onramps whats yr favorite gear? mine's third
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UltraRed posted:This thread was solved in the title, why are people still posting? It's all the aspergers people sperging out.
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