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@rarespetrusamartean5433 Well then, to "succesfully wear" out said part...you need to wear it out. And I don't. It has been approximately thirty years since I have had to replace a clutch. I drive manuals exclusively. I despise automatics. If you find yourself in this unfortunate predicament of burning out clutches, perhaps you will want to watch my video on how to shift a 6 speed like a pro. The car in the video was bought new, and it is now ten years old. It has the original clutch. I am a professional long haul driver (49 years) and I have never burnt a clutch in a truck. My Peterbilt has a manual 18 speed. If you are burning clutches you might want to follow my advice. But if not, your local transmission shop will love you. 🥰 Nice to hear from you. Drive safe!

@@SternDrive swapping the whole car car before it ever wears out means nothing. 30 years means nothing if it's not on the same car. And can you not read? I've just bought the car a few years ago and according to my mechanic the clutch was never good to begin with and is now going out altogether. If I had a proper clutch in the first place this wouldn't have happened. See you in 20 years when I'll be driving the same car with the same clutch I'm about to put in.

@@rarespetrusamartean5433 I always get high miles out of my cars. My previous car was sold at 15 years old. The one before that was 18 years old, and my Pontiac Ventura with a 5 speed and small V8 was 19 years old. I did replace a clutch on an old used Chevy Impala with a Three on The Tree. Those 3 speed manuals had a very high 1st gear, and I was pulling a trailer with it ( as I do with all my cars) and that high first gear was just too much for pulling, so I did have to replace that clutch. That car went for 20 years. They don't make them like that anymore. And you're right, if you drive them right you might indeed get 20 years out of them. Driven correctly that new clutch should last a long time!

It boggles my mind that so many people mash their electrical cord in the hood. Why do that to yourself? And ya' I like the Arizona idea more and more!

I always use the hand brake when parked on a hill. However I live an flat land prairie, so the hand brake does not get used very much. You should know that this car in the video is a very under powered 1.8 with no turbo. I never use the hand brake when starting up a hill in San Francisco or British Columbia, where I drove just a few months ago. As demonstrated in the video, #1 Friction point for half a second while holding the power foot brake. #2 Over to the throttle while holding the clutch at the friction point. Now I should say that I drive long haul heavy trucks with a manual 18 speed transmission. Going up a steep incline with a load we never give any RPM. Friction point and over to the throttle while holding at the friction point until it is rolling. Only then is any throttle applied. We had a new driver fired last summer for applying throttle to get started. This young man burnt his clutch but normally with well trained drivers our clutches last for ever. My car is now ten years old and on the original clutch. Sadly in my country there is very little (or none) training on proper manual driving. I assume you are from Europe, because I know you guys love your hand brakes. Nice to hear from you!

@SternDrive I was actually not aware it was a 1.8 non turbo as i am so used to cars for the US being manufactured and shipped with larger and torqier engines compared to the rest of the world. That's really interesting. But i do agree with you in that it's generally not needed to use the hand brake when driving. Personally i've one been using it for hill starts on private properties where the car is parked on a 20ish degree slope. And in that scenario you're forced to rev it to not stall or roll which makes the handbrake such a good help. This is, however, a really limited situation. But yes, properly driven manuals have clutches for a lifetime. My 20 year old car with 185k miles is still going strong with no signs of slippage.

@@OfficerPain Many years ago I bought my wife a brand new Pontiac Firefly with a three cylinder engine, and a manual 5 speed. I taught her previously on my manual Pontiac Ventura with a torquey small V8. When she started driving the Firefly, she was driving it like the V8! But it worked out because the Firefly had a super low 1st gear, and when she drove it like that the front wheels would shake like crazy, but it would just walk away. I told her that she could give it a bit more RPM, but she like lots of women won't listen to their husband. Bottom line. She sold the Firefly 15 years later with the original clutch.😝

I signal in shopping mall parking lots. My wife laughs at me.

Since they have compulsory driver training they are able to have higher speed limits in many areas. I enjoyed driving on the German Autobahn. They do drive faster than in Canada, but everybody knows what they are doing. They have less accidents per capita than Canada. Compulsory training should be implemented here in Canada. I'm sure it would save lives, but nobody listens to me.. 😆

My daughter asked to get a ride to school. She wants to learn to ride this bike. She has no idea how heavy these cruisers are. You need to start on a much smaller bike, and work your way up. This is my fourth bike. My first one was much smaller...

Nice to hear that the video helped someone. I'm always glad to give advice to new guys. All the best in your career!

Hah, hah. This was for my two city slicker women who must have screen time every day.

Ya, I had it kicking around in my garage for a few years, and decided to put it to work. And ya. Very, very small fires!

OK then. What makes the gears hard to change? I'd be happy to help you, so that you too can shift with one finger.

If you rev match it will go in with one finger. In winter when everything is cold, I usually double clutch it down to 1st. You should NEVER have to force a transmission. My transmission will last the life of the car. If you are forcing yours, I'm not sure how long it will last.

@@SternDrive thank you for the response, after a inspection, the clutch isnt fully disengaging, while at a stand stop,putting it in first is difficult because the clutch isn’t fully disengaging the engine from the transmission, right now it’s a suspected pressure plate or the clutch is going out

@@garywyckoff4864 Yes, if the clutch is not totally disengaging it will be hard to get into first. If you rev match you will be able to shift it OK, but sitting at a stop light with it in gear the clutch will be burning and it will not last long in this state. Good luck!

I'm always happy to help people become safe drivers. Blind spots are totally un-necessary. Drive safe!

@@SternDrive thansk a lot. Didn’t know blind spots could be eliminated

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So let me guess. You adjust your mirrors to look at planes, birds, and sky? If you adjust your mirrors to see your car, ask yourself why you do that to yourself. News flash. You want to maximize you field of view. Looking at your own car will not help you.

@@SternDrive Well. That was a waist of time

@@philconwayinstruments I tried to help you. If you crash because you had an un-necessary blind spot, you have nobody to blame but yourself.

Yup, you are right. These manual Cruze cars don't really slow down between shifts, but that huge 900 RPM split in between 1st and 2nd gear requires a bit of a pause. Automatics with torque converters don't pause in between shifts, so they get pretty upset when we pull away from intersections. I've had little old ladies give me the finger as they fly bye me on the right, and then get slowed down by pokey traffic in their escape lane. When I pass them down the road they say bad words. So funny. However, many people don't wait for that slow shift, and just jamb it. They don't understand why 2 gear gets torn out. A close ratio transmission would be very wise, but most transmission designers drive automatics, so they have no clue.

Good stuff.Sometimes I want to put a sticker on my bumper that says "This is a stick shift car,give me space!"Probably alot of people wouldnt even know what that means. But yea,I wouldnt ever want an automatic.SO glad GM still had the 6 speed in 2012. 6speeds! Its so fun to drive. @@SternDrive

It is a huge jump. These so called progressive transmissions are an error in judgement on the part of the design engineers. Huge jumps in lower gears, and tiny jumps from 5th to 6th. It's insanity. But you have to realize that the guys that design these transmissions are NOT driving enthusiasts. Their daily driver is an automatic SUV, so they have no clue what a well designed manual should perform like. People are tearing their second gear out because they refuse to wait for it. And they shouldn't have to wait for it if it was a close ratio transmission! If you wait for that RPM to drop 900 RPM it will shift smoothly, but I agree, it takes too darn long. Bottom line: My transmission will last the life of the car, because I just wait for the RPM to drop 900. Most people will not, so the shop makes money. Too bad! How's it shifting now? I will say one thing about your Eco transmission. My 6th gear is identical to your 5th gear. That's why your fuel economy might be better than mine. Can I have your transmission? I'm running at 3,000 RPM on the highway. There is no way this engine needs to run at such a screaming high RPM on the highway. I'd like to have a word with some of these transmission designers. They are really clued out.

@@SternDrive very well said! I’ve been very easy on mine, shifting it the same way you do and I’ve got pretty high miles at this point - still shifts just like it did when I bought it. I never knew that there was that much of a difference in the gearing compared to the non-Eco. I run about 2100-2200 RPM on the highway.

Yes, 2200 RPM on the highway is perfect. You have a better top gear. I envy you. My car is great in the city because it is very geared down. I actually drive up steep bridges in 6th gear. That should not be possible. I get good fuel economy, but it would be much better if I had the Eco transmission. GM screwed up on my transmission, but it will be fine because most of my miles are in the city. On the highway I clean out the carbon. @@matthewjensen9550

Watch the video again. Preload the stick, simply means, put pressure on the stick before you move it into neutral, and start to back off on the throttle. When the transmission loosens up you simply pull it out of gear, and into the next gear. At the end of the video I have a demo that hopefully will help you understand the concept. That's how you get a silky smooth shift, unlike your rough shifting friends.

Don't blame the car companies. They manufacture what ever the public asks for. Right now the public is demanding four wheel drive gas guzzling SUVs and monster bloated pickup trucks to go to the grocery store. Nobody cares about fuel economy in our fat affluent society, and nobody wants to learn how to properly and effortlessly drive a manual transmission. I'm as frustrated as you are.

@@SternDrive my thoughts exactly! $100,000 pickup trucks that you need a step ladder to check the oil. So dangerous to pedestrians and normal sized cars 🚗

A lot of owners don't like to replace the clutch and pressure plate when it wears out after so many years! Expensive replacement know from experience.

@@jamesfrazier1731 My Cruz is now ten years old, and still has the original clutch and pressure plate. I know people that have to replace their automatic after ten years, and it is away more expensive than a clutch. But ya' if people abuse their manual they could go only two or three years and have to replace their manual and clutch. That could get expensive. Or they could watch my video and have their clutch last for ten years like mine, and their transmission for the life of the car. Or get an automatic and guzzle, and complain about fuel prices. Pick one...

Here in affluent Canada everybody drives automatic 4 wheel drive SUVs. Our gas is relatively cheap, and nobody worries about fuel economy. Lots of people drive big 4 X 4 pickup trucks with monster V8 engines. They complain about the price of fuel, but keep on buying them. Nobody wants to drive manual trucks anymore, so the manufacturers stopped making them. I don't know what I'm going to do for my next car. I don't drive automatics, and I want a domestic locally built vehicle. I think I'm out of luck. Do I have to go to Japan for my next car? Let me know how your driver test goes. I'm always happy to help manual transmission folks. Best of luck.

Salamat !

Nope. I have never owned a car with an automatic. I despise them. I bought this car brand new because it was one of the last domestic cars with a manual six speed. Sadly the North American public is too lazy to drive a real car, and they have voted manuals out. I may have to buy a car from Japan next time. I am somewhat bitter about it.

😂​@@SternDrive or stay on an Old european one. But its fun for her! Defently I whant to learn mu children when they will grow up to drive manual. This will be lost art or ability in 10 years. Nice video, Sir

Don't forget! You want a silky smooth shift right?

​@@SternDrive can you do the same methof with a super10 downshifting?? let off the gas flip then back on it?? at what rpm would you downshift

@@TuneWorld57 Yup you can do that with a Super Ten as well. When climbing hills I usually pre-select the splitter when doing my downshifts. It's faster that way. You don't want to lose speed when climbing a hill.

@@cam-vv4lc it doesnt mess up the trans by letting go the throttle and hitting the splitter then back on it??

Yup. But just for a split second. When you get good at it, your shifts will be smooth as silk.

Sure is! These 13 Speed gearboxes are very standard here, and I think the best. An 18 speed is a step up, and I love them, but they are really only necessary in mountains, or hauling logs out of the bush etc. I do split low range sometimes just because I like the sound of a close ratio split. Music to my ears.

I'm on the road for up to twelve hours a day, and constantly see 5 ton box trucks with mirrors looking at their box. In many cases over half of the flat mirror, and half of the convex is looking at their truck. And then I see scratches and dents up and down the side of the truck. No surprise. These guys are poorly paid, and I guess get very little (or none!) training on how to eliminate blind spots. But it is not rocket science. Obviously if half of your mirror is looking at your truck, you just cheated yourself out of half of your field of view! Why would a person do that to themselves? It has always been a mystery to me. Very strange.

Hint to owners - Just like the engines or a.t.'s, these need periodic oil changes. The shift feel is much improved w/ good oil in them, not to mention extending the life.

I was glad to help. If you drive correctly, it is pleasurable, fun, and economical, and your car will last a long time.

Glad to help. I love my Cruze! They are a great car, and are durable if you look after them. I have a next door neighbor who has the same car from the same year, and he has had no end of problems with it. He has a garage, but he parks it out in the snow, and when he starts it up in the morning he revs the crap out of it, and drives like a banshee. He says he bought a lemon, but I know what happened.

Why would you do that? If you use engine compression to slow you down, your brakes will last longer. Coming off the highway on a hot day, it allows your engine to cool off better. People that keep clutching and coasting are not only making driving too complicated, but all that clutching in and out of gear just wears things out. Why do that to yourself? Most people that complicate their driving experience like this end out getting an automatic next time. Too bad, because millions of gallons of fuel are wasted with 4 wheel drive SUVs. And then they complain about the price of fuel. Very strange...

@@SternDrive I definitely would downshift slowing down from highway speeds, lol, but usually I would put it in neutral in coast from anything less than let's say 30mph... in the car very rarely would i downshift all the way to 1st if I was running up on a stop sign or red light, in my truck if I was pulling a trailer, yeah more often but only very briefly...I do this to avoid stalling out...we're talking about my 1st couple of vehicles here so there was DEFINITELY a learning curve & you were saying to let the engine slow all the way down to idle before putting it in neutral. Well, when I was a teenager, that just wasn't my cup of tea b/c I was either driving w/ the music blasting or paying attention to the road, sometimes even both😁 Very rarely was I just cruising w/ the windows down no music listening to what the vehicle was doing...It didn't take too many times of me downshifting all the way to 1st when coming to a complete stop & stalling out to realize that the biting point of the clutch was just barely above idle speed so I needed to put it in neutral BEFORE the rpm's dropped that low (idle speed)to avoid stalling out!!

@@SternDrive I'd rather wear and replace my brakes more frequently than a clutch. Trust me, I just did mine (2012 Cruze LS 6MT)

​@jay1185 100% agree. Brake pads are dirt cheap, transmission parts, not so much. I actually just replaced all front and rear pads the other day on my Cruze. Total cost... $40, and 2 hours of my time. I rather let them take the brunt and wear than my tranny.

@@jbone1383 I do not advocate down shifting every gear (or any!) while coming to a stop. All I'm saying is, just simplify your life, and stop clutching every time you slow down. Clutch it out of gear ONLY when the RPM has come down to idle. It will not stall out unless you wait until it is below idle. Don't do that to yourself! I drive a Peterbilt with a manual 18 speed transmission, and coming to a stop I rarely downshift all those gears. Maybe drop a couple (and skip shift down) and find the appropriate gear to carry on when the light turns green. For my truck that could be 5th or 9th or something.

Yes, I know what you're talking about. I've driven many Mack trucks, all the way back to the B Model Mack with the 5 X 3 double stick transmission. They're lots of fun, but ya' , give me a good Freightliner any-day. Right now I'm driving a Classic Freightliner with a Detroit and 13 speed. My only complaint on this truck is the blind spot on the right side. Sadly those fancy new mirrors are not fully adjustable, and Toyotas can hide on the right side. A right fender mirror would fix that real quick.

That camera was a gift from Greyhound Bus lines for 40 years safe driving. And ya' it is a bit dated right now. Some people say that I should get a Go Pro, and others say that is a bad idea. I do driving very well, but cameras are not my expertise at all. Maybe I should just use a modern cell phone camera? And you're right, coasting in neutral is terrible driving technic. Every time I see that I cringe. My rule is simple. While slowing down, do not clutch, or pop it into neutral until the RPM is down to idle. Thanks for the feed back!

Well, I am not a pro blogger, but I am a pretty good driver, and have won many awards over my 48 years as a long haul driver. I'm always happy to share safe driving tips with new guys, and some not so new guys. Nice to hear from you, and thanks for that!

Nice to hear from you Michael. I drive a Peterbilt with an 18 speed. That's a few more than a three on the tree! A 3 speed transmission would never cut it with our heavy trucks these days. Say hi to Daisy Mae!

@@SternDrive BIG RESPONCIBILITY YOU HAVE. THANKS FOR THE REPLY.