Car of The Day
Car of The Day
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- Nairn0
A good friend's just got his first car after passing his test last year.
I was - as a semi-autistic knowitall internerd twat - giving him some advice about gear changes - "don't be afraid to skip Second gear and go from First to Third sometimes" and "when you're in slow/stop heavy traffic, just start off in Second, it's easier".
Turns out the second one's terrible advice, as it wears down the clutch faster. I never knew!
I wonder how many other bad driving habits I have?
- if you rev the engine just right you can change gears with no clutch ;)renderedred
- except 1st and r of courserenderedred
- save on break pads, down shift to slow your car.shapesalad
- can't find it...grind itutopian
- Yeah, those are pretty bad. Turns out they designed the gears to go 1...2...3...4...5... figure!formed
- shapesalad, that's old advice. break pads are cheaper than a new gearbox so new advice is just to use breaks...microkorg
- ... however downgearing is damn fun when you have a performance exhaust system ;)microkorg
- Going from 4th to R at high speeds is also never advisable!futurefood
- R is fo Racing!robotron3k
- @formed - there's nowt wrong with skipping a gear going up or down though, if you want or need to.Nairn