When driving an E gear you have to just let ure foot off the gas when shifting up or down. There is a built in clutch but it is automatic.

 

I bought an egear sight unseen and undriven and I love mine! It will take some getting used to. I came from owning Corvettes for the last 16 years and I still reach for the non-existant lever once in awhile. It is just like a manual except instead of pushing in the clutch and moving the lever, you just give the paddle a quick pull. I learned last night that in Sport mode and "sport" driving, it BANGS out shifts hard. You can use the "A" mode any time, at a stop, or while in motion. I used it when I was in stop and go traffic and will use it whenever I feel lazy (have yet to feel lazy driving this car...lol).

According to the service manual, you dont life for up or downshifts. In fact it says for quick speed while rolling (to pass for example) you should give it extra gas prior to downshifting. The software takes care of letting off the gas, etc, for you when you flip a paddle. Not wanting to contradict Lorenzo, just letting you know what the manuals say.

 

Just put the hammer down and grab your favorite paddle. It's a trip to get used to but once you do it's a fun system.

I wouldn't be as concerned about "auto" mode causing clutch wear as I would be about driving technique.

Being "soft" on the throttle during full stop accelerations and spending a lot of time in stop n go traffic are two of the biggest causes for accelerated wear.

If you bought an early car make sure it's had the E-gear software updates performed.

 

Alright, thanks guys. I'll make sure the E-gear software updates have been performed. I've been looking around 04 and 05's. So "A" mode means I can just drive like an automatic? No paddle shifting required?

also, no one answered my question about revving.

 

1. I don't know anyone who drives in 'A' mode..it sucks big time since it is not a true automatic.

2. Go into 'neutral' and rev all you want.

 

dreamcast, could you explain to me what you mean by its not a true automatic?

 

one has a torque converter and one has a clutch.

 

You can't just clutch in and rev, you have to pull both paddles to go into neutral, then you can rev. then shift back into gear with the paddle. Not quite as intuitive.

Note that the gearboxes are basically identical between manual and egear. In a manual you're moving hydraulic fluid with your foot which engages and disengages the clutch. In the egear this is basically done with valves and pistons pushing the linkages and clutch line. So really it just replaces your right arm and left foot. The gearbox has no idea whether a machine or a human is making its linkages move if that makes sense.

 

another benefit of the E-gear: you get snapshots

which give you all kinds of interesting and useful information about your driving -- real data, rather than second-guessing!

(says me, who has apparently covered 6.08 miles in N, 108.10 miles in 1st, ~1,400 in 2nd, ~3,100 in 3rd, ~2,850 in 4th, ~2,200 in 5th, and ~12,800 in 6th, for a total of just over 22,500 now

 

LOL, where do you keep all this information man? You always have LOADS of stats

 

> LOL, where do you keep all this information man?

Why in electronic files of course.

> You always have LOADS of stats

For better or worse, my universe is ruled by numbers.

 

When I purchased the car, the seller was kind enough to offer me some "tips" on conserving the clutch on my new e-gear. One of the tips, which I found interesting, as I never really thought of it before, was to shift into neutral and "roll" up to stoplights, or stopsigns.

It's basically like pressing in the clutch and rolling up to the stop. The only problem, is you don't really get to do all the fun downshifting that way. So, I only do it about half the time lol. Clutch be damned, I'm gonna thrill people at lights with downshifts when I can haha.

But Gvan has it right. To rev while moving, just pull both paddles (to shift into neutral), and rev away. When finished, just pull right paddle and it will automatically shift into the gear it thinks it should be in. I can't help but love it. Works great.

 

Thanks vhayne,

that was the answer I was looking for about revving. I didn't know if it would automatically go into the gear it thinks I should be in or not. If I rev it too often while my car is moving, will this be bad for my car? I know in an automatic if I keeps witching to n then d then n then d that would hurt my car a lot lol.

 

Nope, like we said the gearbox is a manual box, so you can rev and rev and rev and it's still in neutral (like having the stick in the middle or foot on the clutch).