driving a manual - what and what not to do

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It's all well and good to be able to use advance driving techniques but best bet is to take it easy and try to prepare the car and your actions for the road ahead. When you think about it even the best racing drivers in their race spec vehicles have accidents so is it realistic to think that we, with all our driving experience, will be able to avoid an accident by using these race techniques on our crappy public roads with people around, in a car that isn't set up like these race spec machines? I'm not trying to dis anyone and my hat's off to any successful racing car drivers among us, but I'm a young driver who is well within the statistics for young male drivers and it is just too easy to have accidents.

Professional drivers drive their cars on the absolute limit. That's why they are professional drivers. No one drives on the limit on public roads, it's common sense. You can't compare the two. The only common ground is the fact that they are both cars, and the drivers are using the same technique to control them in the most efficient manner. So the answer is yes, it is realistic. Or rather, i'd much rather be in the car with someone who understands these techniques than Joe Goat who drives his corolla from A to B every day, as even though it doesn't prove any knowledge of understanding how a car reacts to the road, it shows a genuine interest in driving which makes far more likely.

Experience on it's own means jack shit. You need experience doing the right thing. I get in the car with people who've been driving for 5 times as long as me and there's times i'm terrified and think i'm going to die. Not to say I am a better "driver" than them, but if an emergency situation comes up I can bet that they'll have no idea.

[bennjamin]

Experience on it's own means jack shit. You need experience doing the right thing. I get in the car with people who've been driving for 5 times as long as me and there's times i'm terrified and think i'm going to die. Not to say I am a better "driver" than them, but if an emergency situation comes up I can bet that they'll have no idea.

Yes and no. Old people have experience at staying on the road thats it...not all have "rally/track/limit" experience.

I think the factors are =

1.big balls ( IE confidence)
2.lots of experience of how a car will handle in most/all conditions / situations.
3.big balls.

[xtercii]

that's right, if you think your balls are not big enuff, then consider doing some ball implants or ball enlargement...

[JDM96R]

quick question.., wat is the thrust bearing?

[bennjamin]

quick question.., wat is the thrust bearing?

its another name for the "release" bearing inside the gearbox , that pushes against the pressure plate diaphragm , and disengages the clutch
Look at the picture below - its the big round bearing on the RHS of the page

[JDM96R]

i cant see a picture??

[nvmee]

wat is deemed to be able to drive manual - if it is to get it moving then i can. but i got a question, wat does rev matching mean

[94dc2tegz]

1.big balls ( IE confidence)
2.lots of experience of how a car will handle in most/all conditions / situations.
3.big balls.

I most agree with this as all you can do is just take out ur car and drive drive and drive. Not down a single street of course but many different situations and they all require different action. Of course a familiar road i.e. the road home will be useful for trying new tricks on as you know this road extremely well and can notice the subtle changes in ur car's reactions.

As it is hard to just drive around aimlessly to look for different roads most people can't just take out the car and just 'drive' because of fuel, time and other things they want to save. Best time to learn how to drive is when your still young and willing. Back in the day when I was young and ahem... may have been a bit too young, I loved driving so much every moment I breathed in and treated like a learning experience. I appreciated everything i did and learned and because i was so into it and I was young with my MEGA BALLS and blase attitude to my own life I had done many things that I would never dare do anymore but just I had done it I had gained the experience and skill to do it again and again till it was a science.

Anyways long story short, some things you just gotta take a chance, some things you obviously can't. Use your common sense. But you'll never be a great driver by just reading about pro techniques and never taking a chance.

[iversonruls]

another noob question with the manual
how can u tell if the clutch is burnt?
and how to test it?

[mrwillz]

another noob question with the manual
how can u tell if the clutch is burnt?
and how to test it?

http://www.ozhonda.com/forum/showthr...light=slipping

http://www.ozhonda.com/forum/showthr...light=slipping

http://www.ozhonda.com/forum/showthr...light=slipping

[aaronng]

wat is deemed to be able to drive manual - if it is to get it moving then i can. but i got a question, wat does rev matching mean

Rev matching means blipping the throttle to get the revs up to match the correct RPM before releasing the clutch when you downshift. It makes downshifting much smoother.

[iversonruls]

if i was driving on a straight road and want to downshift
can i just blip the throttle, to match the rev??
instead of like heel, toe and gota use the brake as well