Lifted my AT license to be able to drive a Boxster GTS (MT)It has been three years since I started working for the company. There have been twists and turns'I can't drive a manual car anymore.'There was a time when I had almost given up on MT, but last month I drove it for the first time in a while and found that I was able to get a feel for MT a little better. So last weekend, my husband and I decided to go for driving practice again.
Incidentally, since the Boxster is a two-seater, the children were looked after by my mother-in-law.
When I started practicing driving the Boxster, all I could do was "just drive at a sluggish pace on a flat residential street with few cars and almost no traffic lights.Recent practice has been going to Ashiu Driveway.However, I asked my husband to drive me from our house, which has many hills, to Ashiyu Driveway.(I really need to drive all the way from home to practice.), ,
We took turns driving in a parking space with few cars.
I am ashamed to say that in the past, I thought too much in my head and could not even grasp the feeling of the clutch engaging properly. Sometimes it took more than 30 seconds to start the car because I was so afraid of stalling the clutch. So, this time, I put my head in the sand and started to think about the clutch.I operated the clutch as I felt it, with an awareness of "listening to the sound (voice) of the car, not the tachometer"... and it started off smoother than ever before!
I see!
I finally got the sound and feel of where the Boxster's clutch connects!
I was in a good mood.Today is not the day to let the Boxsters take advantage of us!"and suddenly he stepped on the accelerator and started to fly.
"Wait a minute, don't go so fast! Just take your time!"
And my husband stopped me (-_-)But every time I hear people say that the Boxster looks like it's about to fall asleep from the side, so I thought I'd better not say anything like that today.if it were the case that
This does not mean that you should be careless with the gas pedal and clutch. It is important to do it quickly and carefully.
I tried to drive carefully. I tried to drive carefully, and my husband gave me his approval, saying, "You're getting used to it.
Then, as we approached a long straight line, my husband
Then put it in "5th gear" here.
He said.
What! 5th gear (;)!
I had never been in 5th gear before..." I was nervous, but managed to put the car in 5th gear and continued driving. When I saw a curve in the distance, my husband said, "I've never been in 5th gear before..." and we continued driving.
"Okay, now put it in fourth gear here."
As soon as I nervously but forcefully operated the gears, the Boxster's engine suddenly sounded funny.
No, it's not! That's not 4th gear, that's 2nd gear, and I'm not going to let you do this to me!
and her husband.
"Eek! Really (*_*)! Sorry! I managed to get back into gear and escaped.
When changing from 5th to 4th gear, you do not need to force the gear. If you gently pull the gear down, it will return to the neutral position on its own.
From there, I just kept practicing 5th gear, 4th gear, 3rd gear, 4th gear, 5th gear, 4th gear, 3rd gear.
Later, when I was getting more and more used to it, my husband
You are slowing down too much when you downshift. Well, that's OK, but even if you don't slow down that much, you can make a cool sound without shifting shock by accelerating the gas pedal (blipping) to match the RPMs at the right time to downshift.
He said.
I said, "No, no, it's impossible even if you tell me such a difficult thing out of the blue (-_-).'Well, you can put it in Sport Plus mode. It will blip automatically. It's noisy in the city, but we're on a mountain pass."and turn on the Sports Plus mode.
I no longer care about fuel economy (explosion).
Then, accelerate into 4th gear andYes, now third gear!And I downshifted just as my husband told me to, and the Boxster howled!
「ブォォォーン！！！！」
Oh! My Boxster just barked at me for the first time! What! That feels so good!that is to say
It's fun, isn't it?
My husband was satisfied. After that, he kept shifting gears in good shape, and every time he downshifted, he heard the roar of the Boxster, "BOOM! every time the Boxster roared.
Holy shit, that feels super good!!!!!!!(OLD)
in rapid succession. Furthermore, when the accelerator is eased, "bubba bubba bubba bubba bubba bubba bubba bubba bubba bubba bubba bubba(I don't know how to describe it.)We were also able to hear a backfire called "Backfire," which was very satisfying.
After that, I stopped the car and tried several times to start the car on a slope or back up a slope. I had to stop the car several times, but "for the first time in my practice so far, the car did not stall even once.(It's a low-level story.)Finally.Driving a manual car is so much fun!"It was a day that seemed to be a good one.
However, I was quite tired after driving for an unprecedentedly long time, so my husband and I took over driving and drove home.
But before, I would have been next to my husband driving."How can you drive on such a hilly road with a manual transmission?"I thought that at the time of the
There are many hills, but even if the engine stalls a little, it will start again on its own, and if you want, you can just manually apply the parking brake.
I think I've made a lot of progress since I started to think that I could drive a car with a manual transmission. I hope to be able to drive from my house to Ashiu with MT within this year!
