Driver Break-in period

[Corpunk]

Originally Posted by stevea

Come on dude, how can you master something you are scared of?

Took me a while, since this is the most powerful car I've ever owned. Previous cars were smaller and much less powerful.

I guess "getting used to it" all depends on how you drive. I drive like a nut, and need to know how the car will react in all circumstances or I can't drive like I want to!

Cheers

[1o.f00t.570rk]

Originally Posted by phm6660

...1-2 and 2-3 shift is jerky...

I have only been driving a stick since last October, when I bought and taught myself on my little '86 Accord. It's a cable tranny, and I have only in the last months really started to get to the point where I know the engagement points and can do correct rev-matching during a downshift and stuff like that. Still haven't been able to do smooth shifts from 1-2 or 2-3 in the Camaro, I always seem to be letting up on the gas or clutch just a hair too fast and causing my passenger's heads to rock a bit.

Course, I also need to get an aftermarket exhaust and CAI because compared to the Accord, the Camaro is basically whispering till you hit the higher revs, and I like to hear my engine doing its thing.

[cab2g]

I am still not comfortable with the front blind spots around curbs. But besides that I feel that I am totally used to how the car handles with TC on. I stopped burning my clutch randomly about 2 months in. That could be due to the clutch itself breaking in though.

So I guess 2 months to stop feeling like I was going to break the thing somehow.

[MAGfuz]

Yeah when I test drove my Camaro (bought same one I test drove) I was being extra cautious taking it down a 2 lane road as I really couldn't judge anything in it. After I readjusted everything and drove it for a good couple of weeks, I was used to it.

[4.0=SS]

Originally Posted by shl4Z28

Hope you took the Scotchgaurd option

[ZachSGMSS]

I'd say it took me around 2 or 3 months to get used to the car. But this is my first car and I was previously driving my dad's infinity g37 sedan so I had a lot to adjust to. 6 months seems a little long though

[Dave Coyle]

The only thing that I had to get use to was the "blind spots". Once that was taken care of it was "DRIVE IT LIKE YOU STOLE IT!!!!"

[Sneeks20]

Originally Posted by aet08

took me two days of my girlfriend at the time complaining about hitting her head on the headrest... before i told her to get out of my car. I still drive the same lol

LMFAO

[jonnyb]

Took about 100 miles to start getting used to the clutch. I killed it a couple times and was so embarrassed that I learned it quickly. As far as the blind spots go,,,, what is behind me does not matter lol! And if I think there is someone in my blind spot I just punch it so when I make the lane change nobody is there.

[NewDivide]

After about 1 week things got better. I agree that the car definately wants to follow road ruts. Blind spots: I don't DARE cozy up to anything on my right side yet. This isn't a little ecobox you just jump in and go. Fun beast though!

[SSBUSDRVR]

Having had a number High Performance Cars in the past it still is going to be a real butt kicker going back and forth from our only vehicle at the present, a Mini GoKart to an SS.