Originally Posted by willbur
Provide the link/documentation etc that says throwout bearing is always engaged. I would like to know that. If true, would make life easier for owners with manual trans. I cannot believe a manufacturer designs it this way. Makes no sense. But who knows...
Makes perfect sense to me--allows drivers to hold the clutch to the floor.
10 seconds of google shows this comes up in a number of discussions.
Link. I would presume clicking around on some of the links will yield some official technical documents.
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To say you did not die driving a manual in in several visits to MA or CT (probably vacation on off traffic times)is not the same as daily commuting. To say your wife's Camry and Civic (and your Jetta) has no issues "out here in the sticks" proves my point. Thank you. Try not moving 2 feet in heavy traffic and see what following drivers do! LOL
Fair enough, but I still differ. I have driven in heavy traffic, and I have driven during rush hour in those areas, and 2 feet is nothing. Maybe NYC and Ohio are really similar and thus are not comparable to MA traffic...
Originally Posted by Pew
I will never understand why people brag about driving a manual through traffic. It's about as egotistic as driving a lifted truck in chicago.
To combat all those who say it's impossible?
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Originally Posted by supton
Besides, it takes more effort to hold the brake down than it does the clutch to prevent creeping. Ok, if you let off the brake it will move then and then you have no left leg work in an auto, but all the effort and then some goes into the right leg. Net sum zero. More than a few jams I would move my car with only my left foot, just let the clutch in and out, my right foot just sat and did nothing.YMMV.
But then now you have to add work to the left leg to end up with the same amount of work a single foot can do.
But that is the point... it's the same amount of work. Net sum zero.
If you have a bum left leg, go auto. But if you have a bum right leg, the auto might be just as bad. [My brother has something on his right foot and wound up driving with both feet in his autos. I drove a rental UHaul once and wound up using my left foot on the throttle on hills as my right foot got tired!]