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Originally Posted by BIC_BAWS
Well its been about a month and a bit. Hills and the fear of rolling back is still a little stressful. I can tackle most hills now, but I still haven't tried Kingsway x Boundary or Joyce x Kingsway, because I usually just drive slow and try to keep moving when it's red, then gas it when its green LOL
Honestly, I can confidently say I can hill start. When there are no cars behind me LOL. Accidental burnouts and launches were definitely a thing in North Van and on Terminal Ave -> 1st Ave in heavy traffic.
Shortly after posting this, I stalled 3 times in row on River Road, the tiniest hill. Initially, I always forgot that I needed to shift to second LOL. Coming from a CVT I'm used to the drone, and well not needing to shift.
There are times when I accidentally put it into 3rd instead of 1st, because the damn shifter in the 330ci is so sloppy. 5th looks like 3rd, 4th looks like 2nd, 3rd looks like 1st, and reverse you have to slam in.
Also I had my first gear grind last night  fml
What figuratively grinds me gears is my failure in doing the proper procedures in buying a car. I let my emotions get too far into this, and it was more me fanboying the car than checking it out. Shocks are shot, and as a result I'm more slammed than I'm used to. Actually, anything is more slammed, I came from stock civic height. The irony here is that I don't even like slammed cars, yet I bought one. Sucks tho, cause everytime I hit a dip, I either rub, or in last night's case, the entire lip and bumper tore off. Fuck. |
Hand brake trick is pretty much mandatory on steeper hills. In a lot of countries with a separate license for MT drivers, hand brake start is on the driving test.
Pull up the handbrake, release the clutch to the engagement point, and rev to about 2k(higher if the hill is real steep), put down your handbrake, and slowly let the clutch out. If done right, you won't have burnout, burn your clutch or roll back at all. Try it on a small hill first.
I remember screwing up a couple of days ago. I started my RX-8 in 2nd gear on a slight slope. It felt really sloppy, then I looked at the shifter. Oops.
One of my friends said he prefers those manual shifters with a solid cover with the pattern on it. That way, it's super easy to tell which gear you are in, and it's less likely to misshift.