Comments by "" (@frozenpete788) on "How to Drive a Manual Smoothly - 2022 Honda Civic Si (POV Binaural Audio)" video.

  1. I know I drive smoothly when I or my passengers don't feel the shifts, and it's all engine torque that you feel in the seats. The same with braking, I do reduce the pressure just right before the car stops to smoothen the deceleration (of course not when it's an emergency braking). Some cars help more than others. Even full trottle acceleration can be smooth with smaller power cars, just need to be patient and do the shifts right in that rpm window. I do that a lot with my 325is e30, the 1-2-3 shift. It's a clean power cut between gears, feels like months compared to modern boxes though ahah. One last thing, I do push the clutch on startups too, my M51D25 (yeah 325tds e36 euro) has only half thrust bearing on the crank (cost reduction yeah ..) so it had a tendancy to wear it quicker because of the pressure plate force on the bearing and the oil pressure has to build up, but it still holding for now (if I remember I don't actually press the pedal on this one), thats the beauty with 9 cars, everytime you feel like it's a new purchase, until you remember the maintenance list :D
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