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Originally posted by perry a lot of people have trouble with the part where you tap the gas.
when this method was created, gas padals where usually bolted from the top, so the bottom of the pedal is what swung. now they are attached from the bottom or the back, so they dont move as easily when your heel is pressing them, it doesnt seem to fall in the right place...
so what i do is just get high on the brake, then tilt my foot to the right and use my toes on the top of the gas pedal. now i find this very easy, because i have long wide feet, so the pedals are all in reach... i dunno, i know i just had trouble heel-toeing at first, then i was taught to try it backwards.
and about the double clutching, you are talking about the right thing i think... -gas, +clutch, +neutral, -clutch, +gas, -gas, +clutch, +gear, -clutch, +gas... right? (i ask because people commonly misconcieve dbl clutching as a depressiong of the clutch within gears to raise rpms.) I used to get really messed up on this one... I dont know that a short throw shifter would help. my dad has a f250 super duty deasel, and it has like a 2 foot throw in the shifter, i dbl clutch it when i drive it, and i think its easier in that than in my civic. its all in the technique and timing.
thats interesting... so its pretty much toe-heel instead of heel-toe... heel on the brake instead of the gas and then the toe on the gas instead of the brake right?! i have to try that sometime...
and yes the double clutching i'm talking about is the one usually used for downshifting (but i guess it can be used for upshifting too) which saves your synchros
not the ricer definition which is stupid b/c your actually stopping your acceleration in order to wear out your clutch faster...
Originally posted by CivicHX01 thats interesting... so its pretty much toe-heel instead of heel-toe... heel on the brake instead of the gas and then the toe on the gas instead of the brake right?! i have to try that sometime...
I keep the ball of my foot on the brake (the edge) and roll my foot sidways to "Blip" the gas.
It would be easier if the pedals were wider/closer together though.
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Def. buy a stick. Nothing worse than having to shift your car into neutral, put on the the parking brake, just to rev your engine.
I hadda learn quick when I bought my 01 LX back in Sept. but I would never go back now.
after i totalled my MANUAL 2k1civEX last year i ended up gettin a 2k1 Acura CL type-S..of course those models only came in an auto/steptronic (or whatever the hell they call it)-and let me tell you its not the same. even w/ 260hp driving an auto is not near as much fun as a stick. once u drive a stick u never get sick of it cuz it ends up like a habit u dont think bout shiftin or anything unless ur racing. the only thing i like about the auto in my cl-s is being able to gently gas it and beat punks in their ford focuses without breaking 3,500 rpm.
CL-S vs. CivEX 
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