herecticx

hey guys when i start the car do i have to let it warm up??

youngh

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i let mine warm up. if i dont have time to let it warm up i drive it slow until the car is warmed up

The Brickyard Rat

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herect, better if you do but as long you don't smash the pedel to the metal its fine.

As I've said before... relax. This is a very strong car. I can tell from your attitude your not going to abuse it. Go enjoy............

herecticx

thanks guys

Lento

I think the owners manual recommends about 30 seconds. I live in cold area and when it starts its revving at 2000 RPM. I usually wait till the RPMs fall to about 1000.

fabcas311

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OMG...this will create a serious friction on atoms in your engine!
that will result to......

kyx4n

hmm, probly 3 weeks. But then, i only drove the car once every two days. But honestly, rolling back is not a bid deal. Sometimes you think it rolls back a lot but its only a few inches probably even less. Sometimes i roll a little just to stop stupid idiots from tailgating

illjim69

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this is why children and sports cars don't mix.

i learned to drive stick on a 87 ford tempo. get your daddy to buy you a crapwagon that has a stick, learn on it and you're good to go.

jim

hpka365

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Don't worry too much about it. The Z is my first MT too and it takes some time to get it down. Just drive it around your neighborhood for a couple hours until you get used to it. Thats what I did and by the third day I had it down,not smooth but good enough to drive anywhere. Although I only recall staling maybe 5-10 times during those three days so go easy on it. Once you've had it for a month you wont even think about shifting,it just happens.

Brandon26pdx

Clutch engagement is swift compared to most cars. It gave me some hassle for a week or so.

Stalling it wont hurt anything but it's not very safe in traffic. Practice using the ebrake to assits on hills (holding the button down)

herecticx

the gearbox is really tight, cant help but think im grinding some of the metal lol

Lento

^Lol I always do that before I apply the brakes to hold the car. Its unbelievable how many people don't give you an inch.... Literally.

I guess you can't blame most of them though, because so many people drive automatics and proabably assume you are too

J's 350z!

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Hows your progress coming along? The z is a tough car at first to get down because it engages so high up. But after a couple weeks it gets easy. When I got the z I had a little trouble too at first and I had already been driving stick for years. haha But now its great.

herecticx

yeah i havent been stalling too much, but i find that my driving is a bit jerky .. especially changing to 1st, then to 2nd... i think i mite be letting the clutch off a bit too fast.. but its hard because if i dont ill be travelling very very slow, since im trying not to go over 3000 revs

BRONZEE

Welcome to the forum. Keep practising you'll get there.

youngh

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lol i get it smooth about 95% of the time now , 2nd week 1000 miles!

kyx4n

shift from first to second is quite jerky/clunky, if you want it to be smooth you have to shift a little later, as in let the revs drop a bit...

and dont worry about going too slow, i mean obviously dont crawl your way to 40 mph, but i dont think you're going slow, to me it just feels that way. Like when im starting off in first, it feels really slow unless i floor it, but looking at the digital speedometer im actually going 14-16 mph already

herecticx

wow i am starting to really enjoy this car..
driving is smooth now no jerks no stalls
very nice car with great handling, still havent gone over 4krpm
dont think i really need too

j.arnaldo

Ya, besides its regular "clunkiness", they're tough enough.
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Lento

That 1st to 2nd shift is tough when you start, everything after that is pretty easy though. Sometimes if I feel like im going to jerk the car shifting from 1st to 2nd I will blip the gas a little if I am shifting slow in city traffic.