Delmonte
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Greetings chaps. As mentioned elsewhere I'm the chuffed new owner of a mint 4200 CC. Just figuring out how to drive it.
I'm a bit confused by all this automatic/semi auto / 2 pedal business, am old school you see, like playing with sticks and stuff. Though I do like the CC box (a lot) I'm trying to suss out the best way to use it in traffic with obvious concern and over minimal clutch wear.
It seems that in sport, best thing to do is keep throttle mashed open when changing up gears, but in normal to lift off. Can anyone confirm or deny this?
More confusing is stopping and setting off again, I just can't bring myself to put a car in 1st while it's still moving, so the car always does this itself (while still moving) - is this an issue?
Then, while stopped and waiting to start, eg at lights, I've mostly been leaving it in 1st on the foot brake, does the brake disengage the clutch, or is it fighting the clutch, trying to engage? If so should I always use neutral / handbrake instead?
Similar question over handbrake... does this do anything other than apply the parking brake, or does it disengage the clutch? Or if I use the handbrake and 1st gear combo, is the clutch fighting the parking brake? ( I suspect it is, so I haven't been doing this)
Other than that I know that it's The Law to drive it everywhere in Sport, and I always obey The Law so I'm good with that.
Cheers!
I'm a bit confused by all this automatic/semi auto / 2 pedal business, am old school you see, like playing with sticks and stuff. Though I do like the CC box (a lot) I'm trying to suss out the best way to use it in traffic with obvious concern and over minimal clutch wear.
It seems that in sport, best thing to do is keep throttle mashed open when changing up gears, but in normal to lift off. Can anyone confirm or deny this?
More confusing is stopping and setting off again, I just can't bring myself to put a car in 1st while it's still moving, so the car always does this itself (while still moving) - is this an issue?
Then, while stopped and waiting to start, eg at lights, I've mostly been leaving it in 1st on the foot brake, does the brake disengage the clutch, or is it fighting the clutch, trying to engage? If so should I always use neutral / handbrake instead?
Similar question over handbrake... does this do anything other than apply the parking brake, or does it disengage the clutch? Or if I use the handbrake and 1st gear combo, is the clutch fighting the parking brake? ( I suspect it is, so I haven't been doing this)
Other than that I know that it's The Law to drive it everywhere in Sport, and I always obey The Law so I'm good with that.
Cheers!