12-19-2011, 11:03 AM
yeah, sorry, not sure i understand your question...
Anyway, had my first experience driving in bumper to bumper stop and go traffic on Friday. I left late partially to avoid it but as anyone who has ever driven the cross bronx will tell you, there never any guarantees with that godforsaken road. I left my house at 10 to head over to the girlfriend's in New Jersey, reached the cross bronx and so began my hellish 45 minute drive to cover roughly 2-3 miles. Keep in mind, although i have been driving to and from work, i only learned manual the previous Saturday with my last stallout being the sunday after.
All in all i suppose it could have been worse but god did i wish for my ol' twin clutch for all of those tedious 45 minutes. What made it even more fun was that there are hills and the car behind me found it to be a good idea to pretty much be in my backseat. I stalled out twice, but i consider that pretty good taking all things into consideration.
How do you guys normally drive in stop and go like that? Do you normally leave it in gear and just work the clutch and gas the whole time, or is that too hard on the clutch? I was pretty much just leaving space, going into first getting momentum then putting it into neutral and coasting to a stop. Or are both options okay and it's pretty much preference?
Anyway, had my first experience driving in bumper to bumper stop and go traffic on Friday. I left late partially to avoid it but as anyone who has ever driven the cross bronx will tell you, there never any guarantees with that godforsaken road. I left my house at 10 to head over to the girlfriend's in New Jersey, reached the cross bronx and so began my hellish 45 minute drive to cover roughly 2-3 miles. Keep in mind, although i have been driving to and from work, i only learned manual the previous Saturday with my last stallout being the sunday after.
All in all i suppose it could have been worse but god did i wish for my ol' twin clutch for all of those tedious 45 minutes. What made it even more fun was that there are hills and the car behind me found it to be a good idea to pretty much be in my backseat. I stalled out twice, but i consider that pretty good taking all things into consideration.
How do you guys normally drive in stop and go like that? Do you normally leave it in gear and just work the clutch and gas the whole time, or is that too hard on the clutch? I was pretty much just leaving space, going into first getting momentum then putting it into neutral and coasting to a stop. Or are both options okay and it's pretty much preference?
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