i've driven stick for about 2 mos total in a friends GTI and learned in an '88 bmw 325e

i have no problems what-so-ever starting the car from 1st, up and down hills and shifting without grinding.

My question is is there other problems that stick drivers have? like when i first got the car, it smelled a bit like clutch, but i dont know if i was riding it and how to prevent that, or if it was just because it was a new clutch.

thanks for your help guys!

 

When I first got the car, the salesman told me there would be a burning smell from the coating on the exhaust and not to worry b/c it was not the clutch burning. I personally, didn't smell anything at all.

 

lol take ur foot off it.. if it smells like clutch then its what achen said.. if ur foots on it then its the clutch :P but yeah our cars get a burning smell if u run it hard. its a bit stronger when its new

 

Car smells horrible for the first couple hundred miles. Only way to get rid of it is to redline constantly.

 

well, you can't expect to drive MT for only 2 months and be second nature at it.
There's probably hell of a lot more to learn if you really want to 'DRIVE' MT, not
just 'get from A to B' on a MT, so take it one step at a time.

 

yea, the smell tends to be harsh from the exhaust, i noticed it when i was putting on my license plate frame on the car. Thanks for letting me know about that!

Also, sometimes when putting the car into gear, it feels like the car doesn't wanna let me put it in a gear...i have to push a little harder into gear than normal. Is this normal for a new car?

 

first gear will be like that normally if it is cold or if you are still moving when you try to engage first. I have found that my trans shifts much better now that i have about 7k on the car. I did change the trans fluid at 3k with a mix of redline mt fluids. And the smell is completely normal at least for the first 500 miles or so.

 

Ok great

also, when i shutdown the car, i'll hear some clanking noise. I read that this may be the clutch chatter which is normal, but i was also thinking that it may be the timing belt? The dealer told me that the g35 has a chain as a timing belt, and when i heard it, i thought maybe it was just the belt?

 

I hear the clanking noise too. I think it's normal.

 

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It's your gears spinning to a stop. Shut the car off in gear with the clutch in and you won't hear it. If it doesn't want to let you put it in gear say from neutral, make sure you've revmatched correctly.