Driving a manual car - to be aware of both gas pedal work and clutch operation

My Family's Car Life

About BMW 320i

It has been almost 5 months since the BMW 320i arrived at our house. I can't believe it's already been five months...it doesn't feel like that long. And since the 320i is a manual car, that is to say, it is a "It's been five months since I started using a manual car on a regular basis.That is to say.

At this rate, I'm sure a year will fly by.... The other day, my husband, who drove the 320i for the first time in a long time, said, "I've been driving the 320i for a long time..." (Laughs)

I feel like the engine is running so much better.Better than right after delivery.I feel like I'm getting to the point where I'm not so sure. I wonder if the habits of the previous owner have come out.

I don't know much about the change, but my husband, who rides every day, said that it had changed. I, who ride the car everyday, cannot really understand the change, but the fact that my husband, who has not ridden the car for a long time, says so, must mean that the ride quality has changed. From now onI am looking forward to the process of becoming even more comfortable with myself.

About Manual Operation

I used to be so bad at driving manual cars that I couldn't drive at all.When I tried to drive a manual car on a regular basis, I was able to get used to it more quickly than I had expected.As I recall, I was able to do "normal driving" itself after about a week.

However, from there, "Smooth and skillful driving.I was keenly aware that the road was long and deep to "get to the top. Then, not long ago, my husband told me that

In a manual car, we tend to focus on clutch operation, but gas pedal work is also important. Basically, you need to be careful and not be in a hurry to perform any operation.

I was advised that "I know it in my head, but I can't seem to get it right.The "state of the art" continued.

is called "Be careful with the accelerator.When you are aware of the "clutch," you become less conscious of the clutch, and vice versa.Let's be careful with the clutch.When the driver was not aware of the gas pedal, he was less conscious of the gas pedal and ended up with shift shocks and could not drive smoothly (-_-).

Sometimes it would work, but for a while it was always delicate.

."PDK is really smart, AT is amazing. It's so many times smoother than what a human would do.The other day, as I was driving as usual, I was reminded once again of how wonderful the automatic transmission is, and I thought to myself, "I've never seen anything like it.The moment to get a feel for it came out of nowhere.The following is a list of the most common problems with the "C" in the "C" column.

I see, so this is what it means to operate the clutch and gas pedal carefully!" andI finally got the feeling of being aware of both my left and right legs and operating them.I am not sure what to do about it. I guess everything takes practice.

Then it occurred to me that "Continuing to drive a manual car is an absolute boondoggle buster.I thought to myself, "I'd like to try driving a manual car. Driving a manual piano, for example, is said to prevent blurring of vision because it uses the head and both hands and feet move separately.

Although this would be completely contrary to the future era of automatic driving technology innovation, I hope to continue to drive a manual car for a long time to come, if not every day.

digression

I was so happy to have gotten the feel of driving a manual car that I parked my car in a parking lot and was fiddling with my phone to write about it on Twitter when I felt something moving outside. I quickly looked up.Two adult wild boars trotted past in front of me.

What? ! With a wild boar!!!! (Pssst!)

They had very kind eyes, and with a light gait that was far from boarish, they disappeared through a gap in the torn wire fence toward the trees on the other side.

If I had gone outside immediately without Twittering, we might have run into each other. Wild boars are pretty dangerous when they get rear-ended, aren't they? In the future, I'll think of a countermeasure in case I run into a wild boar.

Mina.

Mother of three children, and the owner of the Porsche blog "A Porsche Came to Our House". Until a few years ago, I was not interested in cars at all, but when my husband bought a Porsche, I became...

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  1. snow guard (to prevent snow from sliding off of a roof)

    I always enjoy looking at this site.
    I have recently replaced my 981 Boxstar black edition with a 981 Cayman GT4, which I had owned for 3 years. I was not able to give up MT, and I was also impatient with the recent trend of electrification, so I decided to purchase a Boxstar. I am so nervous as when I got my driver's license for the first time.

    • Mina.Mina.

      snow samurai (Yusuke)
      Thank you for everything!
      >I switched from a 981 Boxstar black edition that I owned for 3 years to a 981 Cayman GT4.
      I'm sad to say goodbye to my Boxster of 3 years, but I'm sure the 981 Cayman GT4 is an amazing car too...! I'm sure the 981 Cayman GT4 will be a great car too...!

      >The clutch is so heavy that it almost hangs my leg.
      I understand (laughs). It's like you're always training your muscles or something, and you feel like you're going to get hung up.
      But strangely enough, after getting used to driving the BMW 320i MT, the clutch felt lighter when I got into the 981 Boxster.
      (Even though the 320i is many times lighter than the 981 Boxster)

      I'll keep practicing hard too!
      I look forward to seeing you again sometime in Ashi Ari!