Picked up my new car today

adrian_mk3 · Post by **adrian_mk3** » Tue May 03, 2005 8:51 pm

Just picked up my new 1994 GT coupe this afternoon. I drove it home from southend to coventry with a massive grin on my face. I'm only used to driving a 1L. What a major power gain. The only problem I've been having is using the 5th gear. I'm not use to it, never had one on my car before. Its like a luxuary. Once its stopped raining I'll try and take some photo and post on here.

SpikeyG40 · Post by **SpikeyG40** » Tue May 03, 2005 10:19 pm

i've had to get used to a 5th gear as well! congrats on the car! enjoy!

carmadaaron · Post by **carmadaaron** » Tue May 03, 2005 10:43 pm

congrats, and enjoy

Gra-GT · Post by **Gra-GT** » Wed May 04, 2005 1:14 pm

Ha, nice one.

You think getting used to 5th gear's bad, you wanna try getting used to 6th

Tahrey1043 · Post by **Tahrey1043** » Wed May 04, 2005 5:23 pm

just be sure as all hell not to get your orientation messed up and accidentally hit 3rd! (either when going for 5th... or for 1st!)

5th is lully, just watch out in case you have to go back to a 4sp that you can still change MENTAL gears between the two ways of operating!

*tries to pull off in 3rd... oops*

SpikeyG40 · Post by **SpikeyG40** » Wed May 04, 2005 5:38 pm

always funny steaming off in first, then second, and into fith! doh

Tahrey1043 · Post by **Tahrey1043** » Wed May 04, 2005 5:47 pm

better than the old "caning it to 5000rpm in 4th and then grabbing 3rd" trick...

I always lift the clutch very carefully into 5th now, above 70mph, after crashing into 3rd at 81 (about 100 revs off the limiter) in the ashy... considering myself lucky i didnt do it whilst pulling 110!

SpikeyG40 · Post by **SpikeyG40** » Wed May 04, 2005 5:49 pm

yeah tis true, luckily haven't done that yet

i am being careful putting it into 5th for that very reason!

bstardchild · Post by **bstardchild** » Wed May 04, 2005 6:39 pm

doug&dan wrote:yeah tis true, luckily haven't done that yet

i am being careful putting it into 5th for that very reason!

I've done that once but in a slightly larger car - flat out in 4th approaching the limiter about 135mph having a bit of fun with a scooby quick thump and into 5th - sheeeeeeete where did all that engine braking come from and why is my tacho needle now bent - ah that'll be third then......

I worked it out to be 8900 rpm in third at that speed - the engine was fine - the gearbox however suffered a little

I still have the pictures of the gearbox when I stripped it down to see why I only had 3 very dogy gears to get home with.... (in case anyone is interested 1st 2nd and 4th - fifth was gone as well as 3rd and reverse well lets just say it's hard to push a 1800 kg car with no reverse)

Any way it stripped every single tooth of the gears that went

SiDaBa · Post by **SiDaBa** » Wed May 04, 2005 6:43 pm

Gra-GT wrote:Ha, nice one.

You think getting used to 5th gear's bad, you wanna try getting used to 6th

was going to say that.

Always a pleasnt sound from the work van when i try to get 6th gear in it....

SpikeyG40 · Post by **SpikeyG40** » Wed May 04, 2005 9:06 pm

reminded me of what i did on my driving test! going along a 60 road, then tried going from 5th to 4th but actually did 5th to reverse. oops! made some nasty noises! but i was karm, figured out what was going on and put it into 4th. he didn't fail me for it either! just 3 minors!

dxg · Post by **dxg** » Wed May 04, 2005 9:25 pm

In my old four-speed Uno, I once dropped down from fourth to third and forgot to change back up! Engine was so revvy anyway, never noticed anything undue (stereo was too loud to hear anything...). Eventually (50 or so miles later, as I was on a long journey), it started to miss. Finally realised what was going on and discovered in due course that I'd worn the points almost completely away!! Still, easy fix to replace the distributor cap and rotor arm...

Deek.

Tahrey1043 · Post by **Tahrey1043** » Thu May 05, 2005 2:31 am

lol - those wicked FIRE engines, made out of granite and lead, surely.
i've had a ride from a mate like that...... girl who's just got her shiny new automatic boxed (motability - long story) and frighteningly fast motor a month or two earlier... stick's arranged a bit differently to how the old one was, so when moving off, she slams it into "3" without a thought and off we go, from the east side of stafford off to another pal's place in manchester.

neither of us noticed (its quite quiet, especially with the radio on) ..... until we joined onto the m69 from the m6 and something in my head flagged up that it didnt change "back" up when she lifted off (after caning it more noisily off the sliproad into the traffic - shes not got any "no fear" stickers but deserves several) and took a look at the stick & revcounter

er... you know you're in 3rd gear right?

(wonder how long she'd been driving it like that?)

an, I tell ya what, the 6 speed in the Vaux Monaro looks a bit iffy - I thought it had a 5 at first --- 6th is up and *right*! That's one to take VERY carefully 4th to 5th, I think! crazy ozzies..

bstardchild · Post by **bstardchild** » Thu May 05, 2005 7:31 am

Tahrey1043 wrote:an, I tell ya what, the 6 speed in the Vaux Monaro looks a bit iffy - I thought it had a 5 at first --- 6th is up and *right*! That's one to take VERY carefully 4th to 5th, I think! crazy ozzies..

Thought it was the same gearbox in that as in my LC and 6th is below 5th in a conventional double H gate - Reverse well thats a little different

Tahrey1043 · Post by **Tahrey1043** » Fri May 06, 2005 7:37 pm

doh, i monged that. sorry. think it was another of those "3am, one eye closed" moments.

i did, of course, mean "REVERSE" is up and right. 6th is where any but a ferrari or 2cv driver might expect it.

*spacks*