[Jinster]

Hi everyone. I have been on a second drive today of my new-to-me LP.

I put the car in N at traffic lights. But being not used to driving a manual car, I keep forgetting to put it back to 1st at traffic lights. This has caused a few embarrassing moments when the car revved up but didn't go anywhere...

The question is, I've noticed that when I do that, I don't seem to be able to put the car in 1st gear easily.... I waited for the rev to drop, and pulled the shifter but it just stayed in Neutral - long enough for me to miss the entire green light. Luckily there was nobody behind me.... I can't remember if I had my foot on the brake pedal or not at the time.... I must have... because at the end, the only way to go into 1st was to engage Reverse first and then 1st....

Is this... normal? Or am I doing something wrong?

 

[Jinster]

Immediately afterwards, I pulled the car aside and rapidly and repeatedly alternated between 1st and N and back and forth to see if I can replicate the error, I couldn't...... was it the accidental revving that somehow caused the car to not allow 1st....? I would've thought rev shouldn't be a problem.... especially if you've switched to Neutral at some speed and then had to re-engage gears... surely the car won't demand that you stop and put your foot on the brake first when that happens?

 

[DiabloClyde]

Congrats on your new car. You will notice the brake has to be pushed fairly significantly to shift into first and this can be annoying sometimes. Try a little harder pressure on your brake and go from there.

 

[Jinster]

Thanks for the reply. I hope it is just something as simple as this. My reading led me to F1 pump and actuator and other scary things.... LOL

I will test this out later tonight when there are no cars on the road. I was lucky to have no car behind me, stuck immobilised at the traffic light in my shiny Lambo..... Would've been very stressful.

 

[Jinster]

Congrats on your new car. You will notice the brake has to be pushed fairly significantly to shift into first and this can be annoying sometimes. Try a little harder pressure on your brake and go from there.

I tested this out tonight. You are right. My foot wasn't on the brake after revving it in Neutral. So it wouldn't engage 1st. It engages swiftly as soon as I tap the brake pedal.

I just need to get used to this E-gear business.