After 4 months.....(m) (archive)

After 4 months of driving my X-Type, I just discovered today, that I only have to depress the clutch about halfway to engage it. Using that technique seems to allow me to make smoother shifts. By depressing the clutch only halfway down and as I begin to let up after I shift, I begin easing my foot on the accelerator. Maybe each clutch is different, but try it. The clutch in my previous car needed to be pressed to the floor to engage, so I just assumed the X-type was the same way. I still don't understand what took me so long to find this out !!!

Mike

I posted earlier about a growling sound in the clutch during hard acceleration. I've noticed that if I shift "correctly" (match engine rpm to vehicle speed and then pop the clutch) I do not experience the sound.

But I notice with this shifting technique that when I engage the clutch, it takes awhile for the engine to slow down to the correct rpm for the next gear. Thus, shifts have to be very slow -- at least a second of waiting for the engine to slow down, especially 1-2. I have little experience with sticks, so I wondered if this was normal. Who else knows what the &*%# I'm talking about? What can be done to speed things up without slipping the clutch? I step off the gas just before engaging the clutch to help slow down the engine, which helps.

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