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Having a bit too much fun Rope-pusher? :lol: :lol: :lol:
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bk7794 wrote:Having a bit too much fun Rope-pusher? :lol: :lol: :lol:
Apparently he's having a slow Saturday night. :lol: :lol:
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:roll: :roll: :roll:

Thanks for spamming the thread, Rope.

I was surprised to see 20 replies to this topic when I logged on, but I guess that's what happens when Rope eats a Spam sandwich for dinner.

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Hamid Carguy apears to know as much if not more than EricTheCarGuy.
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Not to mention he also leads a country.
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very Python-esque.
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After having actually gotten a chance to watch the video I could hear the whole of standardshift going "what the h-e-double hockey sticks are you doing, batman!?" I've never bounced on the accelerator to find the friction zone (or whatever you are wont to call it), and no rev-match on the DS! At least mention it.
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tankinbeans wrote:After having actually gotten a chance to watch the video I could hear the whole of standardshift going "what the h-e-double hockey sticks are you doing, batman!?" I've never bounced on the accelerator to find the friction zone (or whatever you are wont to call it), and no rev-match on the DS! At least mention it.
well he's downshifting while he's braking. In order to do that he's going to have to be doing heel-toe. I know someone who does exactly what he does. I see what you mean, I think he is just trying to make a simplified version of it. In reality he's probably just testing out the car.

I also find it hard to bounce on the accelerator on the friction zone. I have seen people do it though.
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bk7794 wrote:
tankinbeans wrote:After having actually gotten a chance to watch the video I could hear the whole of standardshift going "what the h-e-double hockey sticks are you doing, batman!?" I've never bounced on the accelerator to find the friction zone (or whatever you are wont to call it), and no rev-match on the DS! At least mention it.
well he's downshifting while he's braking. In order to do that he's going to have to be doing heel-toe. I know someone who does exactly what he does. I see what you mean, I think he is just trying to make a simplified version of it. In reality he's probably just testing out the car.

I also find it hard to bounce on the accelerator on the friction zone. I have seen people do it though.
wrong; that is his (and many other shifters') idea of downshifting. he either doesn't know about rev-matching, doesn't recognize its importance, or he abandoned rev-matching when he left his last trucking job (probably one of the 1st two though).
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tankinbeans wrote:After having actually gotten a chance to watch the video I could hear the whole of standardshift going "what the h-e-double hockey sticks are you doing, batman!?" I've never bounced on the accelerator to find the friction zone (or whatever you are wont to call it), and no rev-match on the DS! At least mention it.
well he's downshifting while he's braking. In order to do that he's going to have to be doing heel-toe. I know someone who does exactly what he does. I see what you mean, I think he is just trying to make a simplified version of it. In reality he's probably just testing out the car.

I also find it hard to bounce on the accelerator on the friction zone. I have seen people do it though.
wrong; that is his (and many other shifters') idea of downshifting. he either doesn't know about rev-matching, doesn't recognize its importance, or he abandoned rev-matching when he left his last trucking job (probably one of the 1st two though).
I mean, I sure as hell wouldn't do it every downshift, but I see takinbean's point. Atleast mention it. Plus a few times here or there probably wouldn't kill the life of the clutch.
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Finally some real discussion about the video. LOL

Yes, he should probably stick to fixing cars instead of teaching how to drive a manual transmission, but I don't think his advice was too bad overall.
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