Manual transmission Fan Club and BS thread (All Generations Welcome)

For me it's under the aps, and eco. There's a current trip and previous trips option I believe. It's nice. But I wish there was a normal digital readout instead of the bar graph. Maybe there is one and I just haven't found it yet

 

how long do these clutches last? Ive got 32k on mine already with plenty off hard driving and offroading

 

Thanks, I'll try in that section today on lunch. Maybe I just skipped the trip/previous trip, I was thinking it would be under a different name.
Digital would be cool. Keep me posted if you find something different.

 

Its under apps, eco, and then trip information bottom left.

 

Clutches are hard to gauge, honestly. Depends on the vehicle, how you drive, if you tow, etc. I've seen them smoked in 30k and I've seen them go 200k.

Edit: As long as you're only slipping the clutch when you're taking off in first, and the rest of the time you're driving it the clutch is fully engaged/released before you're giving it gas, your clutch should last a long time. Modern clutches can take a lot of abuse. And if you're offroading, keep your foot OFF the clutch between shifts. You can lug a motor way down before you need to worry about clutching, especially if you're in low range.

 

My second gen was perfect up to 98k. I traded it in after that but it didn't show any signs of giving out anytime soon.

 

ive definitely still got clutch left...guess ill be good for quite a while. i do pretty hard take offs most of the time just because racecar. lol

 

Where would be the fun in driving a manual if you didn't racecar lol

 

glad we agree tacomas can racecar too

 

I actually will play a game with mine now and then to see how far I can drive without touching the brakes, lol.

 

LOL ... my girlfriend hates that game

 

Mine too. I can't play it with her in the truck because she gets...cranky.

 

Haha same here, she gets motion sickness so I always crack a window for her. I had an S4 for a year before this and I only made her yak twice . I try to remind her how uncomfortable it CAN be

 

How on earth...? Is that all highway?

 

seriously... i get between 11 and 12 mpg.

 

11-12 if I have fun in town. 15 if I drive like a granny. Literally never cracked 20, not even on the freeway.

 

Backroad bombing in the green zone. Around here if I'm cruising back roads I can easily average 25-26 mpg's with my truck. Increase speed with light throttle on the downhill stretches, drop some speed on the uphill stretches with light throttle so you don't lose it all. Averaging between 50-65mph seems to be the sweet spot for my particular truck. For my Toyota it was around 45-55

 

yet, you play the no brake, downshift game

 

With a stickshift, yes.

My Tacoma was an automatic, and my F150 is also an automatic.

However, on a modern manual transmission car, if you are engine braking you're saving gas over just pushing in the clutch and coasting.

Besides, a big part of getting better fuel economy is understanding how momentum works and how to utilize it, because any time that you use your brakes you're converting kinetic energy into heat, and to regain that kinetic energy you have to step on the gas.

 

I've been racing M's since i was a kid, I understand all that hahaha i also know i get shitty mileage due to my lift, 33s, threshold braking, and lead foot all combined together im just teasin

and wait... you said

... do you not have one anymore? lol