Help Me Drive *into* my garage, not *through*
7/30/12, 05:11 PM
#1
Help Me Drive *into* my garage, not *through*
So, I bought a '13 mustang a couple weeks ago (GT Premium, Deep Impact Blue, amazing) and I'm still having troubles with my driveway/clutching.
I'm not a clutch newb, I learned on a standard and drove one for at least 10 years. However, I've never driven a sports car with a standard -- only trucks and low HP cars.
My driveway isn't too steep, but it has a curb at the bottom I have to come to a stop to avoid rubbing on.
Perhaps i just don't have enough practice (quite likely), but the RPMs required to keep the car from stalling on a hill are a *lot* more than the trucks I've driven, and I don't like "lugging" it up the hill as I'm told that's really bad for the transmission. I also avoid "riding" the clutch up the hill as I would prefer not having to replace it every 10k miles, ha! This all equates to me having to go up the driveway a *lot* faster than I'm particularly comfortable with.
The first day I brought it home I killed it 3 times trying to get up the driveway at a "safe" pace and into the garage.
Any hints, tips, tricks for me? What's the best way to enter into a garage from a driveway in a controlled manner without burning through clutches?
I'm not a clutch newb, I learned on a standard and drove one for at least 10 years. However, I've never driven a sports car with a standard -- only trucks and low HP cars.
My driveway isn't too steep, but it has a curb at the bottom I have to come to a stop to avoid rubbing on.
Perhaps i just don't have enough practice (quite likely), but the RPMs required to keep the car from stalling on a hill are a *lot* more than the trucks I've driven, and I don't like "lugging" it up the hill as I'm told that's really bad for the transmission. I also avoid "riding" the clutch up the hill as I would prefer not having to replace it every 10k miles, ha! This all equates to me having to go up the driveway a *lot* faster than I'm particularly comfortable with.
The first day I brought it home I killed it 3 times trying to get up the driveway at a "safe" pace and into the garage.
Any hints, tips, tricks for me? What's the best way to enter into a garage from a driveway in a controlled manner without burning through clutches?
7/30/12, 05:26 PM
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Perhaps i just don't have enough practice (quite likely), but the RPMs required to keep the car from stalling on a hill are a *lot* more than the trucks I've driven, and I don't like "lugging" it up the hill as I'm told that's really bad for the transmission. I also avoid "riding" the clutch up the hill as I would prefer not having to replace it every 10k miles, ha!
7/30/12, 05:29 PM
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Perhaps I'm just spoiled by automatics and low geared trucks but I can't seem to get that controlled "crawl".
Last edited by MilesTeg; 7/30/12 at 05:31 PM.
7/30/12, 07:41 PM
#6
Thanks for the reply, but it's actually not rolling back that's the problem -- the '13 has a hill assist feature. It's a matter of getting a good "crawl" speed up a hill without lugging or riding/burning the clutch. I actually have the same problem just trying to "crawl" around on flat surfaces, like in a parking lot (typically I slip the clutch a bit to get some momentum and just coast around in that scenario).
Perhaps I'm just spoiled by automatics and low geared trucks but I can't seem to get that controlled "crawl".
Perhaps I'm just spoiled by automatics and low geared trucks but I can't seem to get that controlled "crawl".
7/31/12, 10:44 AM
#8
Well, I guess the real question is: is sipping/riding the clutch up a driveway once a day on average going to cause me a lot of trouble? I can do that just fine, just don't like it.
7/31/12, 10:50 AM
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