How to launch an M5 - from M5 Driving School

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UNCjigga

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Repost? Probably best repost EVAR!

The videos are pretty sweet! I've never driven stick but I signed up for that Mazdaspeed driving school where I plan on learning some stick in a Protege, Miata or 6s. Guy seems to know what he's talking about as well.
 
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PoPPeR

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looks like the anandtech effect is in... effect...

ftp sessions cancelled
 
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RaynorWolfcastle

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Hahaha, got all the good ones. Thanks for the link, though I'm not sure it's a good idea for a guy who advertises drinkingcontest.com to be practicing their driving skills ;)
 
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UNCjigga

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Can't wait to learn how to drive stick! When we were in Vegas, we kept talking about renting a Viper or a Porsche 911 for a day and tossing it around. We had the money to do it, but only two of us knew how to drive stick (and only barely.) It was soo sad...so I vowed I must learn stick driving this summer (even though I'm stuck with my slushbox 4-cylinder Accord for another 2 years!)
 
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fonzinator

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Originally posted by: GTaudiophile
OMG! His double-clutching is instantaneous! WOW!
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How hard is it to get a doble-clutch/heel-toe technique to the point where it becomes useable? Is anyone here good at this??
 
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Viper GTS

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Originally posted by: uncJIGGA
Can't wait to learn how to drive stick! When we were in Vegas, we kept talking about renting a Viper or a Porsche 911 for a day and tossing it around. We had the money to do it, but only two of us knew how to drive stick (and only barely.) It was soo sad...so I vowed I must learn stick driving this summer (even though I'm stuck with my slushbox 4-cylinder Accord for another 2 years!)
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If you were talking about "tossing around" an $80K rental car, you obviously aren't old enough to rent one.

Most of those places have steep age requirements (like 30+).

Viper GTS
 
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Marshallj

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That guy seems to have an awefully high opinion of himself.


I like how a M5 owers plainly states that his car is widely regarded as being the best.

That would be like me stating "It is widely known that marshallj is the best poster on anandtech".

Other people are supposed to regard you or your belongings, you aren't.
 
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cressida

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how to learn how to drive stick well ? The more advanced things such as, double clutching
 
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CFster

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Originally posted by: fonzinator
Originally posted by: GTaudiophile
OMG! His double-clutching is instantaneous! WOW!
Click to expand...
How hard is it to get a doble-clutch/heel-toe technique to the point where it becomes useable? Is anyone here good at this??
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Just like he said, synchros in modern transmissions make it unnecessary. As a matter of fact - he's doing it incorrectly, unless he learned while driving a Mack truck or something. It's not necessary to go into neutral, let the clutch out and blip the throttle, and do it again while going into the lower gear. He could have just downshifted from 3rd, blipped the throttle while shifting into 2nd and accomplished the same thing.
 
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LS20

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Originally posted by: CFster

How hard is it to get a doble-clutch/heel-toe technique to the point where it becomes useable? Is anyone here good at this??
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Just like he said, synchros in modern transmissions make it unnecessary. As a matter of fact - he's doing it incorrectly, unless he learned while driving a Mack truck or something. It's not necessary to go into neutral, let the clutch out and blip the throttle, and do it again while going into the lower gear. He could have just downshifted from 3rd, blipped the throttle while shifting into 2nd and accomplished the same thing.[/quote]

you are incorrect here. the method you have just descrived is called rev-matching--- obviously matching the revolution of the clutch to the flywheel/pp to save wear on the clutch.

going into neutral, getting off the clutch, and blipping the throttle matches the layshaft and other misc comonents in the tranny to facilitate the GEAR CHANGE... thereby saving wear on the synchronizers

rev matching alone facilitates the CLUTCH ENGAGEMENT
 
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Ditto to LS20.

The guy who made the videos, Greg, is a very intelligent person. Don't just go around and say it's incorrect and all that. I know he's been to a couple of racing schools so he probably knows more than you do. He also has a black 996TT. Videos of his Porsche was on movies.taner.net when that site existed... maybe you've seen them?
 
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CFster

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Here we go.

Yeah he's an experienced driver- and I'm an experienced mechanic. Make of it what you will.

 
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