The gears in a Honda are little tiny girly things; you could wear them as pinky rings. A 350 Z is a big bar room bruiser, its gears are giant testosterone dripping things the size of weight plates in the gym. When you shift gears in a Z you’re moving a lot of metal around.

 

 

Did op just compare a Z to a Honda? Listen bro, a Z is a machine that inhales trees, cute furry woodland creatures like baby owls and rabbits and turns that into energy that tears up asphalt and flings the rocks at cars hundreds of feet behind. Sometimes fatally killing unlucky drivers who are behind a Z to witness it causing tremors in the earth. They wanted the transmission to handle such force but the drawback was it being hard to shift sometimes when it's cold. Regular feeble human hands cannot get used to this titan of a machine without extensive practice. Btw, it's not a Honda.

 

Jah, as this site’s biggest horndog I’m surprised you missed the fact that the OP is a girl! In the future please pay attention; I won’t always be here to point things out for you.

 

I thought I was the biggest horndog?

 

Yeah I thought syner was the biggest horndog? Both me and syner didn't know she was a girl. Did anyone else know?

 

I had no clue. But now that I see Jen and OP are in Van, I'm assuming they know each other...

 

So now going along with tradition...should we ask for pics?

 

YES!

edited for over-crudeness?

Now am I living up to my reputation? Gahd. Sometimes I disgust myself.

 

Syner this is why new female members run screaming from this forum. Our American friends here are sometimes low, rough, coarse, and oafish, but I expect better from the Canadians. They need to always be cultivated, couth, cheery and helpful. Now shape up and make your team proud!

 

Hey now, not all of us Americans are like that.

And I happen to be friends with a couple Canadians. And I know a few who fit your American description perfectly.

 

Seems no one answered this yet.

Double clutching is exactly as it states. Say you're in first and want to shift to 2nd. You push the clutch in, put it in neutral, let the clutch out. Then push the clutch back in and shift into second. Before transmissions were synchronized this was the only way you could shift. These days some people do it because they claim it can be smoother, but you really don't need to use that method.

Also, because I answered this you owe me a 10 second car.

 

For race wars?

 

That last sentence made it.

 

Let the clutch out slow, but shift pretty quickly is about all I can say haha. I think rev matching was the biggest problem I had. I would shift too slow or let the clutch out too slow and the rpms would drop..which can cause a little jerk when the clutch is engaged. Practice is the only way you'll get better. Driving a manual WELL isn't something you just learn in a day or two..it takes a long time. My 350z was my first manual car and driving manual now is second nature to me..took months of driving it though.