That's good that you're getting the hang with the manual Moose. Today, I drove to and from the mall with my mom, about 3 hours total, and not a single problem. I WENT ON THE HIGHWAY FOR THE FIRST TIME TODAY! No prob. RICoder, I drove on 495, one of the dumpest highways with stupid drivers with no problems, and it wasn't that crowded, but there were a bunch of cars. I can downshift really well, if you aren't braking, just push the clutch, and rev the rpms to where you think it'll be, then release the clutch slowly after shifting, and it'll be perfectly smooth. To do slow from a stop, I don't need any gas at all, but usually I will rev a little and do a little clutch so the wheels will have more power, like going over a speed bump. On the highway, I was going 70mph usually; at one time, I accidently went 80mph (130km/h) because the sun was in my eyes, so I put down the visor, and looked at the speedometer and it said 80. Pickup on the highway is really good, I only have to push it in 1cm more and it goes up 10mph in a split second. I didn't floor it on the highway, I wanted to, but it would have gone too fast too quickly. I figured it out, while I'm driving, and I want to floor it, for like a steep hill or need to get up to speed quickly, it never seemed to go fast at all. On the highway, it's at about 3000rpms, and in rural and city, it's at 1800rpms, that means that max power is definately more toward 3000. Next time, I'll try accelerating at a higher rpm to get better acceleration. I mean, I know it does go faster, on a steep hill, I was in 4th and floored it going up, and it maybe went 2 mph faster in 10 seconds at 1300rpms. Then I had to go on that same road the same direction again, and this time I put it in 3rd and floored it, and it launched up the hill at 2200rpms. If I put it into 2nd, BAM! Fly up the hill. My car is 115hp, so I hope to inprove that. I know Moose's RSX can beat mine, that is if he doesn't stall
. Driving is fun, my mom couldn't stop talking about how well I drive. With my dad, I make mistakes because he's always yelling at me, with my mom, no mistakes because she says I'm doing well. My dad screws with the stickshift while I'm driving, and I hate it SOO much! His knee keeps hitting the stick and ripping it into gears while driving! He ripped it from 5th to 4th, and that wasn't too healthy. He also ripped it from 4th to N. The worst was he deliberately really ripped in all the way into 1st from a stop without the clutch, and the car flew forward, that's when he cried from terror.
Moose, my gas is touchy too, you'll notice that it's really touchy at low speeds, but at high speeds, it's much more forgiving.
Hopefully I get a nice profit from the accident and get an exhaust
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I'm in love :)
by James S » Apr 7, 2002 @ 11:47pm 
