so..

[misfortune]

It looks like I'll be driving a black/tan 535iM pretty soon instead of my 89 525iA. HARRRR
I don't know how to drive a standard lol. Its gonna be a fun week.

[Interceptor]

It looks like I'll be driving a black/tan 535iM pretty soon instead of my 89 525iA. HARRRR
I don't know how to drive a standard lol. Its gonna be a fun week.
Be sure to press the clutch before shifting speeds, and be sure to shift up before you reach the maximum rpm, and you should be fine. Release the clutch slowly, or else the drive will be jerky :) Of course, let off the throttle while you're shifting. :) Like with all things, practice makes perfect.

Good luck and enjoy.

[Gayle]

Every clutch has its own personality. Some are tight and finicky and if you don't let it out smoothly and with sufficient gas, it stalls. Others are loose and forgiving. Your initial finesse is no reflection on you. It is all a matter of practice and learning the car.

One practical thing is you might want to plan your routes so that you don't have to start from a dead stop on a hill in traffic. If you don't give it enough gas, it will stall and you will roll backwards. People are not accustomed to there being that many manual transmissions on the road so people don't leave room between cars. If you have someone right up your arse in that situation it is stressful. In that situation, it is better to give it too much gas and have the engine roar and look like a fool than to not give it enough and stall and roll back into someone.

Once you get the hang of it, you will never want to go back.

[632 Regal]

hehehe

Some are tight and finicky, Others are loose and forgiving.

[Gayle]

hehehe


So whats your point?

[Ladykats]

My 318 is stick. If I want to have a little fun, that is the car I drive. That is if I can get it away from my son.



It looks like I'll be driving a black/tan 535iM pretty soon instead of my 89 525iA. HARRRR
I don't know how to drive a standard lol. Its gonna be a fun week.

[Interceptor]

So whats your point?
Maybe his is loose :)

[Interceptor]

My 318 is stick. If I want to have a little fun, that is the car I drive. That is if I can get it away from my son. [Jeff mode: ON]
A lady who wants to have a little fun with the stick... hehehe
[Jeff mode: OFF]

:)

[Gayle]

Maybe his is loose :)


There is no maybe in that.

[Gayle]

[Jeff mode: ON]
A lady who wants to have a little fun with the stick... hehehe
[Jeff mode: OFF]

:)


Interceptor--please be nice to LadyKats. She is new here. Don't scare her off. I need reinforcements.

[Interceptor]

There is no maybe in that.
How do you know that? Have you checked it personally? :)

[SharkmanBMW]

hehehe

dirty boy!!!

[Interceptor]

Interceptor--please be nice to LadyKats. She is new here. Don't scare her off. I need reinforcements.
OK, OK, I apologize for being a Jeff... :)

[misfortune]

OK, OK, I apologize for being a Jeff... :)
no crazy small talk in my thread. Only serious replys PLS!!!

No, thanks for the advice. This should be a fun experience.

EDIT: that comma makes a big difference :)

[632 Regal]

some A-hole hijacked your thread.

no crazy small talk in my thread. Only serious replys PLS!!!

No thanks for the advice. This should be a fun experience.

[Gayle]

no crazy small talk in my thread. Only serious replys PLS!!!

No thanks for the advice. This should be a fun experience.


You might want to lighten up. Two of the three thread high jackers are the ones who seriously tried to help you at first. Get pissy and people won't want to help you. High jacked threads usually get back to the topic eventually. Having a lot of posts to your thread make people who would not look at it otherwise check it out to see whats up and increases you chances of getting useful responses. Especially when the thread has such a clear and compelling call for help in the thread title as this one does. Just a thought.

So what kind of responses are you looking for at this point? What else can people tell you that would be helpful?


Addendum: Jeff who you calling an A-hole. I am the only one allowed to call you that.

[TheDuke]

Misfortune you might want to practice on a different car before you get into a stick BMW.

[Gayle]

Misfortune you might want to practice on a different car before you get into a stick BMW.


Why do you say that?

[misfortune]

You might want to lighten up. Two of the three thread high jackers are the ones who seriously tried to help you at first. Get pissy and people won't want to help you. High jacked threads usually get back to the topic eventually. Having a lot of posts to your thread make people who would not look at it otherwise check it out to see whats up and increases you chances of getting useful responses. Especially when the thread has such a clear and compelling call for help in the thread title as this one does. Just a thought.

So what kind of responses are you looking for at this point? What else can people tell you that would be helpful?


Addendum: Jeff who you calling an A-hole. I am the only one allowed to call you that.

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I was saying thanks. I guess I should have been more direct.
ANd yeah. I should practice. Who is gonna give their car up for a newb to practice on though? I understand the theory of it, and I've driven a car with a MT before, but yeah.

[Gayle]

http://www.internet.com/sarcasm.jpg

I was saying thanks. I guess I should have been more direct.
ANd yeah. I should practice. Who is gonna give their car up for a newb to practice on though? I understand the theory of it, and I've driven a car with a MT before, but yeah.


The link doesn't work :(

And I asked why practice on a different car cause I don't see that BMW clutches are any more difficult than any other brand. I have owned 8 manual transmissions. Our 90 525 was one of the most forgiving and our 90 325 was one of the most difficult. It is all a matter of developing a touch for the individual car. It will come quick.

[632 Regal]

so he dont break it?

Why do you say that?

[Gayle]

so he dont break it?


You really think BMW clutches are that fragile? (she says incredulously)

[McWatters]

Ya honestly people , everyone knows that German Sticks are really durable, and long lasting.

cheers

J.McWatters

[winfred]

hehehe


if you don't let it out smoothly and with sufficient gas, it stalls right up your arse in that situation it is stressful.

[Gayle]

hehehe


guess I left out the words "with a car" right up your arse

[winfred]

resistance is futile the dirty male mind will find a way :D


guess I left out the words "with a car" right up your arse

[Gayle]

resistance is futile the dirty male mind will find a way :D


LOL Yeah there has been a lot of that around here today.

[winfred]

i can't speak for everybody else but i am usually being good, you don't wanna see bad


LOL Yeah there has been a lot of that around here today.

[BM-BOY]

I have a 535iM, I have driven manual cars all my driving live, and I'd say the clutch on my car is definitely one of the most forgiving. Not forgetting that with all that torque, it doesn't require much gas to pull away... But give it some gas, and let the clutch out quickly, and its a LOT of fun!!:D

[Gayle]

i can't speak for everybody else but i am usually being good, you don't wanna see bad


Well, I am not usually offended by bad so don't hold back on my account.

[bahnstormer]

after u learn well enuff, i suggest installing a clutch stop
it makes a world of difference

also a ssk kit if u have the money for one

[Gayle]

I think he is only going to be driving this car for a week....

but what is a clutch stop?

and what is an ssk kit?

[kyleN20]

clutch stop, and correct me if im wrong, is just a little block so to speak, that goes under your clutch pedal, and stops you from going past a point of "unescessoryness" when pushing the pedel in, its supposed to improve shift times, ans ssk is a Short Shift Kit

[misfortune]

Well here it is, almost 5 months later. I got the car in early january and I picked it up in around a week. I was careful, even when I was a rookie to not do anything too damaging to the clutch. Good experience, glad I did it this way.