Changing Gears - Page 3

iCraig · 11-09-2007, 17:46

Personally I'd blip the throttle and keep going in second.

FakeSnake · 12-09-2007, 17:47

2nd for me in the scoob

changing to 1st in the mustang is NOT a good idea, no Synchro on 1st gear.. it gets very crunch unless you are stationary

Joe 90 · 12-09-2007, 17:56

pull off in second and see if the car agrees.

Mohinder · 18-09-2007, 22:43

slip the clutch, drag my feet, bounce off some car doors and shoot off into the horizon

wumwumwumwummmmmmmmmmmmmah

(bike)

Darrin · 19-09-2007, 14:04

Heh, I don't have to worry about this kind of stuff. A max available wheel torque that can approach 14,000ft/lbs and a transmission that self-selects the proper gear means all I have to do is open all four barrels on the carby and watch all the children cry!!

Von Smallhausen · 19-09-2007, 18:50

Stay in second, pull away, shatter the wondows with twin carbon fibre exhausts and savour the dump valve venting which sounds like a whores whip hitting flesh.

Pebs · 19-09-2007, 22:38

My car doesnt like pulling away in second at all, even slipping the clutch. I've never stalled a car as much as this one, although it's been a few days now

Famous last words! It's not hot on non-handbraked hill starts either. The accelerator, clutch and brakes all kick in at about a 1/2mm depression of the pedals. Sensitive little flower. VROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!

Burble · 19-09-2007, 22:47

My current car will happily pull away in second. It'll pull away in fourth if I'm nasty to the clutch. Torque ftw

When I eventually get the new car I won't have much control over the clutch, even though it has 2 of them. Damnit, I want my new car!

Jonny69 · 20-09-2007, 13:05

I should have added I can't put mine in first when I'm moving because it doesn't have synchromesh on first, so it would be like trying to force it into reverse while you're moving

If it's literally rolling at a walking pace I might sometimes double clutch it and get lucky when I ram it into first but generally I have to use second.

Treefrog · 20-09-2007, 14:07

Keep going in second and accelerate gently

Or knock it down one and wind it open

Depends who's behind you.

11-09-2007, 17:46	#21
iCraig iCustom User Title Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 2,250	Personally I'd blip the throttle and keep going in second. __________________

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Joe 90 Absinthe Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Chester Posts: 2,345	pull off in second and see if the car agrees. __________________ 360 Blog \| Join GiffGaff \| Twitter

18-09-2007, 22:43	#24
Mohinder Vodka Martini Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 791	slip the clutch, drag my feet, bounce off some car doors and shoot off into the horizon wumwumwumwummmmmmmmmmmmmah (bike) __________________

19-09-2007, 14:04	#25
Darrin Dirteh Kitteh Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Hiding out in Mormon Country Posts: 1,629	Heh, I don't have to worry about this kind of stuff. A max available wheel torque that can approach 14,000ft/lbs and a transmission that self-selects the proper gear means all I have to do is open all four barrels on the carby and watch all the children cry!! __________________ A bullet may have your name on it, but shrapnel is addressed "to whom it may concern".

19-09-2007, 18:50	#26
Von Smallhausen I'm Free Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Tyneside Posts: 3,061	Stay in second, pull away, shatter the wondows with twin carbon fibre exhausts and savour the dump valve venting which sounds like a whores whip hitting flesh. __________________ " Well, old bean, life is really so bloody awful that I feel it’s my absolute duty to be chirpy and try and make everybody else happy too." David Niven, 1910-1983.

12-09-2007, 17:47	#22
FakeSnake Absinthe Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Devonshire Posts: 1,143	2nd for me in the scoob changing to 1st in the mustang is NOT a good idea, no Synchro on 1st gear.. it gets very crunch unless you are stationary

19-09-2007, 22:38	#27
Pebs Easymouth Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 6,716	My car doesnt like pulling away in second at all, even slipping the clutch. I've never stalled a car as much as this one, although it's been a few days now Famous last words! It's not hot on non-handbraked hill starts either. The accelerator, clutch and brakes all kick in at about a 1/2mm depression of the pedals. Sensitive little flower. VROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM! __________________ ...faster you naughty little monkey! Running through hell, heaven can wait!

19-09-2007, 22:47	#28
Burble Rocket Fuel Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 7,826	My current car will happily pull away in second. It'll pull away in fourth if I'm nasty to the clutch. Torque ftw When I eventually get the new car I won't have much control over the clutch, even though it has 2 of them. Damnit, I want my new car!

20-09-2007, 13:05	#29
Jonny69 Noob Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Socialist Republik of Kent Posts: 5,032	I should have added I can't put mine in first when I'm moving because it doesn't have synchromesh on first, so it would be like trying to force it into reverse while you're moving If it's literally rolling at a walking pace I might sometimes double clutch it and get lucky when I ram it into first but generally I have to use second. __________________

20-09-2007, 14:07	#30
Treefrog Survivor Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Chell Heath, Stoke-on-Trent Posts: 1,761	Keep going in second and accelerate gently Or knock it down one and wind it open Depends who's behind you. __________________ Commit random kindness and senseless acts of beauty