thanx guys i did a little better today..
i guess its just about practice and getting used to the clutch

 

6 months for me. I was 23 when I got the Z. Before that I learned atx when I started driving at 16. Now I can drive it smoothly. I remember taking out a girl when I was still somewhat new and I was really jerky when I shifted. Now totally different. Driving a manual becomes second nature and as corny as it may sound, part of the car. AND FUN!!!

 

 

you just need some one to show you how to do it the correct way.
i have shown at least 3 of my friends that want to buy a Mt car and within 30 to 40min they are driving around the city with no stalls.
a few honks from people cuz taking a little longer to start accelerating from 0 but it is all good.

 

The Z isn't the easiest manual car to drive. Even long-time drivers experience jerky moments.

 

hey guys i just done 400 kms on the car.. im guessing its still in 'break-in' period. today i took it up to 120km in 6th gear.. i was wondering if this would damage the 'breaking in' of the car?

 

just stay under 3k, stop with the stupid ****ing questions and search.

 

i have stayed under 3k revs.. so driving at 120kmph will not damage the break-in so long as im not reving over 3k ??

ive have found nothing with the search option

your answers will be appreciated

 

I think that we should throw him in a z with a act street light cluch and a act 6 puck sprung hub clutch and let him learn on that. If you can work that you will never have an issue with any other cluch.

 

It took me a few months to get the car to drive smooth, let alone good hill starts. Even a year later I have days were I jerk the car.

For steep hill starts I strongly recommend using the ebrake method. That will definitly reduce wear on your clutch.

Also someone mentioned seat position. I have to keep my seat in one position. If I start moving it back and forth, up and down, my muscle memory gets all screwed up and I start jerking the car

 

yeah same for me. my leg muscles get all retarded and cant figure out where the engagement point is again lols. i adjusted my seat back a little bit cause i had to learn the 350z clutch sitting up really really close, and it started to get uncomfortable when i got used to it so i moved it back. now i need to get used to the new seat position ;/

 

how did your date go? ;p

 

No damage from your 120; even if you exceed the rpms on occassion it will not hurt the car.

relax & enjoy it.

 

thank u

 

dont worry i stall plenty of time, the Z was mine first manual car too

but trust me if you can master driving manual in a Z then you pretty much can drive any manual car, i drove my friends s2000, and it was so much easier than my car

i always thought i was a bad stick shift driver, until i drove my friends s2000 lol

practice, practice, practice!! good luck and dont ride the clutch

 

No way man!!! I learned to drive stick on a Viper and that was a brutal experience!!!

 

Luckily you're still alive.

 

Haha! I stalled it so many times I'm suprised my dad kept letting me learn on it. I stalled it 4 times before I even got it out of the driveway the first time driving it. My second driving experience with it I was in 5th doing about 50-55mph and was getting ready to make a right hand turn and my dad wanted me to practice downshifting so I attempted to throw it in fourth, but I screwed up and ended up putting it in 2nd!!! LOL, the RPMs skyrocketed and you could hear the engine go WHOOOOOOSHHHHH loud as hell!!! After that I just had to get used to the shifter... when trying to get into 4th Id always accidently throw it back in 2nd. Now I can drive it without experiencing any of the problems I mentioned above, but it's still a much different car than any other manual transmission car Ive ever drove.

 

^Lol yea I heard between the shifter and the clutch its like operating truck levers.

I've done the 5th to 2nd shift a few times by accident. All I can say is thank god the Z's gearing is so tall, otherwize I probably would have blown the engine.

You should try to test drive an S2000, compared to the Viper you will feel like a driving god.... Feels like your flying when the Tach is reading 9000... but then you realize you just got overtake by a minivan

But definitly a fun car to drive

 

Ya it is!!! The viper's clutch is absolutley ridiculous. However, just like you say with the s2000, the viper is a very very very fun car to drive. Pretty much any car that naturally sits very low and has a cramped two seat cabin is very fun...with the viper you get a powerful stock engine too so it's all the more enjoyable!