Tips for a Manual Beginner?

[GundamTypeR]

Yup that's what I'm going for. There are a few in New Jersey where I live but they aren't white or sonic grey pearl which are my 2 favorite colors, most are black. I'm going to keep searching Carvana though and set alerts to see when new inventory pops up.

Yeah CW is def a sweet color. I can't believe I almost got a black CTR, but luckily the guy at the dealership was trash at selling me the car for a good price so I backed out lol

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[Unity Performance]

How I taught my younger brother is to have him get used to letting off the clutch pedal slowly in 1st gear to begin rolling, and once fully off then he could lightly press the gas to speed up. These cars unlike older Honda's don't need you to balance the clutch and gas pedal in order to begin rolling.

Doing this over and over again in a parking lot one night, he was able to get a hang of it and by the end comfortable with stopping, starting, and going through the gears steadily

 

[tinyman392]

How I taught my younger brother is to have him get used to letting off the clutch pedal slowly in 1st gear to begin rolling, and once fully off then he could lightly press the gas to speed up. These cars don't unlike older Honda's don't need you to balance the clutch and gas pedal in order to begin rolling.

Doing this over and over again in a parking lot one night, he was able to get a hang of it and by the end comfortable with stopping, starting, and going through the gears steadily

This is how I’d teach it. Well, find the biting point first, then slowly back off the clutch to get rolling. Same technique for backing out, no need to even touch the gas pedal backing out.

 

[BackslashBrian]

Yeah CW is def a sweet color. I can't believe I almost got a black CTR, but luckily the guy at the dealership was trash at selling me the car for a good price so I backed out lol

Finally found a 2 Type R's that have no markups! A used 2019 CW with 15k miles for $40,700 out the door and a new 2021 SGP for $41,800 out the door! Think I'm going to pull the trigger on the Sonic Grey Pearl

 

[websitesdown]

How I taught my younger brother is to have him get used to letting off the clutch pedal slowly in 1st gear to begin rolling, and once fully off then he could lightly press the gas to speed up. These cars unlike older Honda's don't need you to balance the clutch and gas pedal in order to begin rolling.

Doing this over and over again in a parking lot one night, he was able to get a hang of it and by the end comfortable with stopping, starting, and going through the gears steadily

Unless on a hill.

 

[EnjoyDriving]

Unless on a hill.

Yes, but this car has an amazing feature to keep it from rolling backward on a hill, but yea, you would need to give it some gas to get it rolling on a hill, but way easier than my 1st car - 87 si and I had to learn driving it in the up-hill streets in Seattle.

 

[Seandingo]

The R is my first manual as well and I'm having a great time driving it since I got it two months ago. Definitely still lots of room for improvement. Anyone have tips for smoothening out the up shifts? I feel like my 1st, 2nd, and 3rd gear transitions are still super jerky. Should I be waiting until the clutch is full out to apply throttle during upshifts or should I be apply it before the clutch is fully out? I've also disabled the rev match system so I can learn proper technique. Any tips would be much appreciated!

 

[gohighhhehrr]

I've also disabled the rev match system so I can learn proper technique.

Disagree with this, only reason I can see why anyone would disable it is for heel-and-toe preference. If you mean you want to learn heel-and-toe, then I don't think that should be a focus for you anytime soon.

 

[Seandingo]

Disagree with this, only reason I can see why anyone would disable it is for heel-and-toe preference. If you mean you want to learn heel-and-toe, then I don't think that should be a focus for you anytime soon.

I did this just to learn the normal throttle blip downshift and not heel toe. Should I just leave this on for that?

 

[gohighhhehrr]

I did this just to learn the normal throttle blip downshift and not heel toe. Should I just leave this on for that?

I see, but you will probably never have to throttle blip when driving this car with rev match on. Unless you are below 2k rpm

 

[WF19]

Finally found a 2 Type R's that have no markups! A used 2019 CW with 15k miles for $40,700 out the door and a new 2021 SGP for $41,800 out the door! Think I'm going to pull the trigger on the Sonic Grey Pearl

New vs. 2 years old for only $1,100 more? You'd have to REALLY want the white!

 

[BackslashBrian]

New vs. 2 years old for only $1,100 more? You'd have to REALLY want the white!

Haha facts!! Tonight I put a $500 deposit on the SGP! Gonna go pick it up this weekend I hope

 

[Seandingo]

I see, but you will probably never have to throttle blip when driving this car with rev match on. Unless you are below 2k rpm

While true,my mindset here is to learn the technique in case I get into another car without rev match. That'd make it one hell of a jerky ride!

 

[tinyman392]

I see, but you will probably never have to throttle blip when driving this car with rev match on. Unless you are below 2k rpm

If you're below 2k, go down 2 gears instead of one.

 

[GundamTypeR]

The R is my first manual as well and I'm having a great time driving it since I got it two months ago. Definitely still lots of room for improvement. Anyone have tips for smoothening out the up shifts? I feel like my 1st, 2nd, and 3rd gear transitions are still super jerky. Should I be waiting until the clutch is full out to apply throttle during upshifts or should I be apply it before the clutch is fully out? I've also disabled the rev match system so I can learn proper technique. Any tips would be much appreciated!

I don't get any jerks when I upshift if I apply a little throttle right as I'm releasing the clutch slowly from the bite point. So if I'm going from 2nd gear to 4th gear I shift, slowly left off the clutch, and apply a little throttle

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