Re: Tips for driving a manual in a crossfire
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Originally Posted by Rapp's
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.
Engineers think they have the answer to everything. Except, perhaps, the width of the front gate.
Nicely explained Dave.
Last edited by Franc Rauscher; Nov 10, 2010 at 09:21 AM.