Thread: Tips for driving a manual in a crossfire
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Old Nov 10, 2010 | 08:44 AM
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Default Re: Tips for driving a manual in a crossfire
[quote=Rapp's]
Originally Posted by Larry Hitze
Larry.....settle down there- it was meant as humor more than anything, certainly not to bring visions of Yugo's to mind. That's a disturbing thought you got there. To each his own as far as driving styles and rpm/noise. To clarify, I don't lose forward motion 1st to 2nd, you took this far too seriously and I don't have a video to post of me driving the Crossfire so you'll have to trust me on this. Plus it would be so dull you'd be snoring by the time I opened the door to put my foot out to push the car into 2nd! Maybe I'm more comfortable with the gear box on the Viper?
I still stand by my point it's the XF is a great car, love mine glad I bought it.
In first gear you can get to full throttle in less time than any other gear, the result is more acceleration than any other gear and you can feel it. Therefore when you push the clutch pedal your car actually starts to slow down and you jerk forward as you are carried forward by momentum, a passenger feels it more as they have no steering wheel to hang onto.
The more you get toward the red line the bigger the jerk is.
It's much more comfortable to change from 1st to 2nd earlier. The car does coast extremely well and will start to roll when the brakes are removed on almost imperceptible slopes.
Forward motion is not actually lost, it is the sudden absence of acceleration that is felt.
 
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