So today it happened to me again. I'm actually still a novice driver (I've had my license for three years), and today, while overtaking a tractor, I shifted gears too quickly and didn't engage the gear quickly enough, meaning my foot was faster than my hand. How damaging is something like that to the transmission…
Hello, I own a BMW 118i m package from 2008 with the 143 hp variant. My gearshift vibrates a little more when idling, and stops as soon as I give it some gas (after about 1,000 rpm). What could be causing this?
Hey, I have a VW Polo 3 built in 96 and I wanted to ask how I should best shift gears so that it doesn't damage the engine. I'm a novice driver, so I don't know much about it yet.
Hello folks, I'm driving at 30 km/h in third gear and want to go up a hill, so I have to shift down to second gear. My car doesn't shift into second gear very smoothly at 30 km/h; I have to brake to 20 km/h first. However, you can give it a bit of gas…
Hello, I wanted to know how to downshift the car smoothly. For example, I'm currently driving 30-35 km/h in third gear. Then I come up a hill, and I have a load in the car, so I need to downshift to second gear to be able to drive up it. Then I want to shift…
Hello, First of all, I would like to say that I know nothing about cars. Since driving school, when driving on my own (in my petrol BMW 1 Series, built around 2001, if that's relevant), I've gotten into the habit of accelerating while releasing the clutch when shifting up. As far as I know, this…
Hey! I've been wondering for a while why I sometimes manage to shift gears in such a way that I don't feel anything at all, like with an automatic transmission, and sometimes I notice it very slightly, but not an unpleasant jerking, just so slight that only I notice it and not even my passengers….
My question is: If I want to shift from, say, fourth to second gear because I'm approaching a roundabout, I have to press the clutch to engage second gear. Do I then have to accelerate a bit while slowly releasing the clutch? Or is it also okay to downshift or release the clutch without touching…
Good day, I'm still in driving school at the moment, so I don't think the car is causing the problem, I am. When I start off in first gear, accelerate, and then press the clutch to shift into second gear, the car jerks once. When I release the clutch, it doesn't jerk. I think it…
For example, if I want to turn, I want to shift from fourth to second gear. I'm driving at around 50 km/h and then I want to turn, so I need to get up to about 20-30 km/h. But I often find myself either turning too quickly, or the car jerks because, especially as a…
Good day, About half a year ago I bought a Mercedes CLA as a young star (down about 20k). However, I now have the problem that my car shifts very jerkily and with a delay. My guess is the transmission or clutch. I've already been to Mercedes and asked what it could be. Without even…