just bought a 05 6MT KH3 yesterday. I've only driven standard a couple times in the past. before i took delivery on the car i practiced for a couple hours and got it down enough to drive my new car home.

after some research it turns out our cars are the worst for someone still learning how to drive stick. the clutch grabs MAD high and my idle is low (~400 rpm). that sh*t f*cks with me. i stall a lot and its mad embarrassing lol. and starting in first gear is harder than usual too. but after searching around it turns out even some experience drivers have trouble with these clutches so i dont feel as bad.

i need some tips and do's and don't do's.. i already read the "how to proper drive manual" sticky so don't tell me to search

 

Buy urself an RJM clutch bracket, install it.... all ur problems = gone

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Practice, practice and more practice until you and your G become one! You'll learn to listen to the engine rpms when starting out, idle rpms have nothing to do with leaving in first. Get into second gear quickly, from there it's easy. We all had to learn, practice is the only way to get good with a MT....Gary

 

Hurry up to learn how to rev match...a clutch job is $1500 with parts and labor.

https://g35driver.com/forums/g-spot/...-drive-mt.html

 

That's with a $1000 Stock flywheel. Buy a JWT flywheel kit for $775 and don't pay any more than $500 to have it installed.

Where you live in CT?

 

the advice posted up is just ridiculous...ya this dude is gonna go buy a big time clutch just to make his driving easier? lmfao...should have stopped with the first post as that was fine


practice is the only thing you can do..you will get it over time..and i dont feel the car is hard to drive at all..my wife learned on my z and now drives the g with no problems and has never driven standard before in her life, the clutch engagement is a little high but can be adjusted if you wish to

 

or just push the pedal mad harder yo...lulz

 

Don't worry about it too much. It takes about 2 weeks for your brain to remap the neurons going to your left leg to make it actually useful for driving. Everyone goes through the same learning curve. Just drive as much as you can and after 2 weeks you'll be feeling a lot more confident.

I really learned in my g35 as well, and what really helped me out early was when I went to pick someone up at the airport. Basically sitting in stop and go terminal traffic trying to get my car to crawl as slowly as possible then stopping repeatedly really helped me learn the clutch engage point.

 

BEEN THERE DONE THAT....I bought my 6mt coupe like 4 months ago, and I felt the same way. I actually had a friend give me some tips for 2 hours and then from then on I practiced. Don't worry about stalling out, it happened to me with 2 of my "girl" friends in the car and it was embarrassing. Once you play with it you learn to play with it.

DO:
take your time and don't rush!

shift into second early as possible, you should not drive in first too long, its bad for the car

PRACTICE AND ENJOY...your driving a MT not many ppl can do this anymore and its really fun, enjoy your experience cause in 2 months you'll look back and be like wow I didn't know how to drive stick back then

DONT:

don't worry about the ppl behind you in traffic or ppl watching you stall out, do YOU

dont rev the car up too much, since your still not the best at shifting learn to shift at normal shift rpms, 2500-3500.


good luck

 

granny shifting not double clutching like you should

 

Nobody should be double-clutching a G35. It's not like you are driving a semi from the 80s with no synchronizers in it.

Double-clutching this car (and almost anything built in the last 30 years) is a useless waste of time.

My advice is practice. Try to be smooth. The car should neither lurch forward (over-revving) or drag down (not enough revs) when shifting. When you match the engine revs to the transmission, it will be a smooth transition. Practice, practice, practice.

I will say this as well: Even for us who have hundreds of thousands of miles and many years of driving stick, jumping in a new car/truck still presents a learning curve. I stalled my G35 the first week I owned it.

 

^^^the granny shifting comment was sarcasm man

 

We need a dripping sarcasm smilie.

 

The best thing you can learn is to feel the spring in the engagement point.

If the RJM bracket doesn't help, a heavier clutch will make the engagement point much more noticeable.

 

I wouldn't buy anything to "help"...just drive it a whole bunch and practice. Go to an empty large parking lot for 30 mins each day for the next week or so until you get super comfortable.