My current favorite car is a manual BMW 320i (F30), which is my first car in my life, but thanks to you, I can also drive a manual Porsche Boxster GTS (981) and a 911 GT3 (991 late model) normally.
Until just a year ago, I couldn't drive a manual car at all.I'm not athletic enough to drive a manual car for the rest of my life.I had become despondent and had given up on it, but I guess you get used to everything, right?
After purchasing the 320i and driving it on a daily basis, I lost my dislike for manual controls and can now drive a Porsche manual car normally.
And the other day I drove a Boxster GTS (981) for the first time in a long time, and I thought, "I think it would be easier to drive with such a heavy clutch.I thought again.
Before, when I couldn't drive a manual car, I used to think thatWhat's with this clutch, it's so heavy! Is it muscle training?I used to practice while complaining a lot, but now my senses have changed 180 degrees... (laughs).
As for the ease of clutch operation, I think the presence or absence of torque at low speeds also has an effect, but if I were to limit myself to the weight of the clutch, I would sayA somewhat heavier clutch is easier to operate.And now I'm thinking.
Our GT3 (late 991) has a fairly light clutch, which I initially thought would make it easier to drive.Not much rebound when clutch is pulled back, making it difficult to make subtle adjustmentsSo, at low speeds, it sometimes seems to stall.(There is, of course, the question of low-speed torque availability.)The following is a list of the most common problems with the "C" in the "C" column.
On that note, I would say that the 981 Boxster is one of the few MT cars I have been allowed to drive, although there are not many of them.(718 Boxster, GT3, Honda S660, Abarth 595, my brother's Legacy)The first is the most comfortable, the second is the heaviest, and the third feels the easiest to adjust.
Additionally, the 981's clutch operation is easier to do.Being able to properly adjust the seat position to my body shape.The clutch pedal is also large. In the past, no matter how I adjusted it, it didn't feel right, and I ended up with the clutch pedal in a position where I could depress the clutch pedal deep into the car with the seat sunk down considerably.
But with that, I had to put a lot of pressure on my foot every time I stepped on the clutch pedal, and I could not make any subtle adjustments when returning the pedal.
Then I took the reader's comments and advice from my husband.The seat position is almost at the very front, and the seat is raised just enough so that the knees do not touch the steering wheel when the clutch pedal is depressed or pulled out.The clutch is now much easier to reach and much easier to drive.(Difficult to explain...)
I used to be a "Women don't have the leg muscles like men do, so there's absolutely no way they could operate such a heavy clutch!He said, "It's not a matter of muscle strength.If the correct seat position is used and the operation is natural and effortless, no extra effort is required.I learned that women can also ride without any problems.(It would take a lot of muscle power for a reinforced clutch or something like that.)
Racing drivers say that the seat position is extremely important, down to the millimeter, and this is especially true for MT cars. It's like the basic form of sports, isn't it?
As far as Porsche is concerned, the clutch pedal seems to be getting lighter every year. In a previous blog comment, a reader wroteIn order of heaviest clutch: "993 -> Cayman(981) -> GT3(991)".He wrote.
My husband, who has more experience with manual transmissions than I do, and has even had the privilege of driving a rare 73 Carrera when it comes to Porsches, asked me what I felt about the clutch operation on a Porsche.
When I first took delivery of my 981 Boxster GTS, I had a hard time with the weight of the clutch and the difficulty in understanding the point of connection. It had been about 15 years since I drove a manual transmission car, and I remember that it was difficult for me to regain my senses.
I was able to completely tame that Boxster, and it wasn't until I drove about 10,000 km that I stopped having trouble with it on any road or in any situation.I think. That's how hard it was for me to open up to him, and I had a hard time operating the clutch.
After I got used to that Boxster clutch, I've been allowed to drive various Porsches and other manufacturers' MTs, and I must say that all Porsche clutches are heavy. But not so heavy that I think this is impossible.Its moderate weight is easy to control, and once you get used to it, it is easy to control subtly.I think.
He said.
I see... I would like to drive an air-cooled Porsche with a manual transmission once, these days.
