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After all, that's the rest of the sales plug.
When we jump into the automotive scene,
one of the first things everyone says
is you need to go buy a manual car.
It's just something you gotta do.
There's no excuses to not have one.
It's gotta be a manual.
Now there's some other great reasons
that manuals actually exist.
They create a more raw experience with your car,
to get you more involved,
and they kind of allow you to get your little beans
and it's a lot easier to give her the old beans
if you're in a more entry level enthusiast car.
Who doesn't like dropping a gear
and just praying nothing breaks as you give her the geese?
Keep using geese, I'm hoping one day it catches on.
It's probably not.
Only problem with that is when driving manual,
you can make plenty of mistakes
that result in the poor little guy blowing up
before you even have a chance to beat on it.
Ask me how I know.
It can be a bit sad.
So with that being said,
I'm Alex from Fitment Industries, Alex.FI,
and today we're going to be talking to you
about rookie mistakes people make
when they start driving a manual car,
and it's probably just more talking about things
you probably shouldn't do,
like how not to drive your manual car.
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All right ready?
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- Oh no!
- All right ready?
- All right.
- Stop doing this to myself.
- All right, let's do it.
- One, two, cheers.
- Before you even get into manuals
the first and biggest mistake people make
when driving a manual car is just assuming
it just automatically turns into a race car, and no!
Just because it got the old third pedal
doesn't mean you can just bang through gears and send it
because the Corolla came with the option
of a five speed versus an automatic.
For all practical purposes,
manual options are actually just a more affordable option
for people looking to get into an entry level vehicle car.
Most of those entry level manuals
aren't really meant to be sporty,
not really their thing that they were focusing on.
That means that this manual needs to be treated nicely,
and not like a drag car, because lo and behold,
probably not gonna last that long,
it's probably gonna blow up.
Be nice to your manuals if it's in a car
that wasn't really meant to be a sporty car,
'cause you're gonna find out it probably isn't gonna last.
And it's especially true if it's your first one.
If you don't blow it up though, you'll probably burn it out.
Speaking of which, if you're driving a manual,
take those dirty little fingers off your knob!
I'm serious, it sounded sexual.
Don't rest your hand on your shift lever, okay,
using the gear level as a hand rest
will push the selector fork, if you push it up
against the rotating collar it's a big thing,
and it causes some premature wear.
You don't want premature wear, right?
You don't want it, and I don't want it.
That and you need to let the gear lever and fork select
to just kind of have free play, and move as necessary.
Now you don't want to look and,
you know you don't want it looking like that,
that would be a problem.
If anything is doing this, you don't want that.
You don't want it looking like a wet hot dog
blowing in the breeze, it'll just be a little weird.
A little bit of movement is okay,
but you don't want it, you know what I'm saying.
Another common mistake when driving a manual car
and I know we've all done it,
we've all been there, don't lie to me.
You're at that red light, and you want (chuckles)
you want everyone to know that you've got a manual.
So you put the car in first.
You release the clutch to push the car forward,
and then you engage the clutch again.
Then you sit there, like you're on a swing,
just going back and forth.
Doing stuff like this, or just playing with your clutch
on a hill on a hold, can actually cause
some pretty intense premature wear.
You just don't wanna do it, plus nobody really cares
in all honesty if you have a manual or an automatic
when you're at a stop sign.
Use your brake like a proper adult
and only use the clutch when you need to.
Plus no one again notices it, I'm sorry.
I thought I did, I did it one time
with my 3000 GT, I thought I was super cool
then I realized when I had to replace the clutch
it wasn't actually that good of a deal.
As we go into owning more and more cars,
we often find ourselves purchasing stage three everything.
What is stage three?
Beats me, you know, but I want it, and I have it.
Stage three tune, stage three coilovers, stage three APR.
Stage three clutch.
Regardless, when we start upgrading our clutch
and flywheel or transmission boys and girls,
we automatically assume that it's bulletproof, right?
I mean it was $400, there's no way it could possibly break.
Really, it truly can.
When you start driving a newly modified manual car,
you have to give her time to get used to you.
These are usually called break in periods.
Pretty common mistake is that people don't let their cars
go through this break in period,
with their manual transmission components,
because it's hard, it's hard to drive a fast car slow.
Some parts may not even have a break in period,
however a common mileage amount
especially with new parts like this to be easy on the road
are around 250 to 500 miles depending on how extensive
of the modifications you did,
plus you have to remember that you're gonna need to relearn
the parts that you might have replaced or upgraded to
regardless if that's your clutch, your flywheel,
or anything in between.
But just, if you're nice to it,
give it a little bit of time
and then you can get really good at using your clutch,
and then you can send it.
But while you're driving,
especially your first time around,
you may find yourself sweating.
Knees, they may be weak.
Your arms, they could be perspirating.
Could be sweaty, mom's spaghetti.
So nervous you is trying to remember to be sure
to clutch so that you don't mess it up
so your solution is to release the clutch
as fast as possible and re-engage
only be absolutely necessary.
'Cause you don't want anybody,
you don't wanna use the clutch, right?
You don't want it, don't touch it, bum bup!
Just get her in there, uh uh.
You got a little, uh uh.
And so you do that, and your car feels like an X fighter
because it's shaking, it's rocking uncontrollably,
it's lurching back and forth,
all because you decided to release the clutch
just a little bit wee bit too soon.
Just a little premature, don't do that.
The stress you end up creating
on the clutch and the transmission
ends up being much worse
than just gradually engaging and disengaging the clutch.
Trust me, and you won't look as silly,
it always looks a little silly,
you see like the car, people think it's a cam,
and it's not a cam, it's just you
not being able to drive your car,
it's just a very uncomfortable experience.
The final tip we have for you
is one that we need to just tell everyone,
especially for the people in the back.
If you just bought your first tie horsepower car,
maybe a real old drive Mustang, Camaro, or Corvette,
or other super rear happy vehicle,
do not just drop the clutch
until you know how it behaves, you dumb (beep).
It's a common misconception that people believe
all manuals behave the same.
And they don't, especially when you start
adding in horsepower and other things
like longer wheelbases, lightweight flywheels, tires.
Here's what you need to do, go find yourself a back road,
an empty parking lot if you will,
or someplace where no one can record you
making a fool for yourself
and test what that clutch drop actually feels like
at a launch before you show it off to your friends.
Trust me, you can thank us later.
It's just a thing.
Really, when it comes down to rookie mistakes
when driving a manual car comes from people
being super nervous about driving their manual car
or the testosterone kicks in and they just want to show off.
Usually what we recommend is testosterone
is never really a good idea to show off,
especially if you're not really experienced in it.
So just take her safe there, bud.
So what sort of tips do you have
for somebody jumping into a manual car,
drop your tip below. (chuckles)
And it better not be send it.
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I'm Alex, from Fitment Industries,
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We will see you guys later.
We wish you the best of luck
on your manual vehicle adventures,
and we hope that you don't make a fool out of yourself,
we'd really hate to see you on YouTube
and then we'll probably end up using that clip
for some sort of video in the future.
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Goodbye.
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