Until the day I can drive a Porsche Boxster GTS (MT) - Vol.2
Published on: 07.17.2018
Vol 2 article was not written...
From my husband the other day."At the end of blog posts, you often write things like "I'll write more about this and that in a follow-up post" or "vol. 1" as if it's a series, but you've never written a follow-up post, have you?I was told. Indeed... (-_-) So I decided to write a sequel to this article I published previously.
Since April 25, when I wrote the above articleIn fact, I've never driven a manual transmission Boxster (bomb).At best, I practiced driving with paddle shifters on the Prestige. However, even with all that being said, my manual driving skills are not getting any better, so last weekend I finally decided to try driving a Boxster GTS.
Review of driving a manual transmission vehicle.
I asked my husband, "Can we go to Ashiyu Driveway tomorrow to practice driving the Boxster? I'll drive the Boxster and you can follow behind me in case something happens to me.
Okay, fine. But you have to be able to go alone without saying that.
With that being said...review manual driving before bed.I mean, what do you do first? Do I put the clutch in park and step on the brake?I asked.
What are you talking about? Manual cars don't have parking, they have neutral (-_-)
He replied. Eh! Did I do that...? He continued, "Well...did I move the gear first? Or rather, when do you release the clutch? Or do I have to step on the gas pedal first? My husband, as expected, was also asking a lot of stupid questions.
... I mean, are you sure you're okay? Are you seriously asking that question?
I was dismayed...but I managed to make it to the morning of the day.
Now it's time to practice on the Boxster!
My husband led the way in the Boxster and I followed in the Panamera with our daughters, taking over driving at the parking lot just past the toll booth on the Ashiu Driveway.Just to be safe, you need to make sure you're ready to talk on FaceTime.Now it's time to get into the driver's seat of the Boxster.(From this point forward, I am writing according to the words and actions of a very novice driver of a manual car, so the story continues at a very low level. Sorry)
Check the position of the steering wheel, adjust the seat position and height, and
I need to know if I can jam the clutch and brake all the way to the back without any problems.
Gear operation, etc.
FaceTime, confirm, what the heck, ah, I'm not starting off at all.
No, that's enough, let's start the car.
My husband urged me to...
The "HOLD" light came on for me because of the slightly hilly parking lot, so I took my foot off the brake, accelerated to about 1000 RPM, and gradually loosened the clutch.If you are used to driving a manual, you can probably do it in about 5 seconds, but in my case, I was too slow to loosen the clutch, and it took about 30 seconds, physically speaking.I have a feeling (explosion)
Eventually, the body of the car finally moved forward little by little. At that moment, the feeling of having practiced manual driving came back to me. I remembered the sensation of the clutch being connected to the steering wheel, and although it was hard to understand when I thought about it in my head, my body remembered the feeling.
→Although there was a rare incident in which the car was put in back (R) gear when it was supposed to be in first gear... |
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