Originally Posted by oledoc2u
wow.....I am now pushing 2.8 million miles stick shifting and I can only tell you this....practice my friend...I have trained truck drivers on and off for years, same goes for motorcycles, and cars.....everyone has an opinion...but, not downshifting thinking you are putting less pressure on the clutch and drive train isn't always true...point here is not to "lug" the engine...a point where the car seems to shake....there certainly isn't a problem for using the gears to slow the car if done without slamming a gear, but done smoothly....it's one of those things that has to be hands on to me, it's hard to explain to someone on here how to drive a stick....come to one of the many meets and greets and everyone there will be willing to give you some in the cockpit pointers....
I mean this car is not a normal 5 speed passenger car its a sports car and to think that i didnt know how to drive a stick shift and drove it over 700 miles from tulsa to nashville without an accident is a start lol but im trying to catch where the gears reaches its rpms smoothly and not jerk the car both via downshifting and upshifting but like you said practice practice practice ill take all of your tips generously and report back in about a week or 2