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05-02-2006, 09:32 PM
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My wife bought a 06 ss s/c 2 weeks ago...she learned to drive 5 speed 4 years ago, but has never owned a maual car.
She knows how to shift and such, but she is having a problem stalling when reversing and in first.
She NEVER over rev's the car on take off so i am happy, but she bogs the car down and somtimes stalls in first. Everything else she is great at
How hard on the car is it cause it really pisses me off LOL
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She knows how to shift and such, but she is having a problem stalling when reversing and in first.
She NEVER over rev's the car on take off so i am happy, but she bogs the car down and somtimes stalls in first. Everything else she is great at
How hard on the car is it cause it really pisses me off LOL
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05-02-2006, 10:25 PM
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I'm sure that soft stalls and a little bogging are much better than burning the **** out of your clutch by easing off it at 4k rpm. 
Tell her to hold the throttle around 1000-1500 and slowly release the clutch. That should make it much easier to get in gear and not put much stress on any part of the car. (only your nerves)
Tell her to hold the throttle around 1000-1500 and slowly release the clutch. That should make it much easier to get in gear and not put much stress on any part of the car. (only your nerves)
05-02-2006, 10:36 PM
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actually, if she wants to take off slowly, ive found that if you release the clutch slow enough, you dont even need to add the gas pedal, it will slowly take off
i do it when im extremely lazy, but dont try it on any incline cus it will stall guaranteed
i do it when im extremely lazy, but dont try it on any incline cus it will stall guaranteed
05-02-2006, 10:37 PM
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Originally Posted by DanJHartman
actually, if she wants to take off slowly, ive found that if you release the clutch slow enough, you dont even need to add the gas pedal, it will slowly take off
i do it when im extremely lazy, but dont try it on any incline cus it will stall guaranteed
i do it when im extremely lazy, but dont try it on any incline cus it will stall guaranteed
But you're gonna get some mad honking if you drive like that on the street.
05-02-2006, 11:08 PM
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I had questions about stalling and such and after a memeber from the board told me about the poor throttle response our cars have, i buy into that idea. Ive owned a manual trans. car for the past 3 years and have known how to drive a stick for the past 7. Ive never stalled a car as much as i have this one. Partly because im trying to be really easy on it, partly because of the electronically controlled throttle sucks for response. Id take throttle by wire over the electronic box anyday.
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