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Old 08-21-2006, 10:41 PM   #38 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by 6spdChick
I hateee 3rd.... I was at the track friday running my car and I had to force it into 3rd kind of like if you're going 50 trying to throw it in 2nd you can't do it unless you slam it in(not that I try to put it in second when I'm going 50 I've done it on accident once and it caught intead of just slipping in), and numerous times i'll put it in third and it wil pop back. BLAHHHHHHHH
You got overanxious. No force needed. Just a gently glide into gear.
When you are rough like that you are about to break something.
Like your synchros or worse.
As I said many times before, I think this is one of the smoothest shifting cars I have ever driven in a stick and I never had a misshift or hang or anything in any gear. Perhaps some of those tranny's came with bad synchros? Or maybe people are trying to slam these gears a little bit to roughly. Easy does it
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