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?
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?