Was the salesperson scared to continue with the test drive?

 

That's what one of the dealers did when I was first looking into a 997. Started in 6th and accelerated from there.

 

This c2s is the first 6 speed i own... I stalled today but thank GOD it was at the lake and no hot babes looking I dont stall ever unless im lazy or the radio is way high and cant hear the engine or feel it

 

haha, i stalled for the first time in this car two nights ago! I dont know who drove my car, but it was in a different seating position then what I usually have it in (all the way back) and I got in drove to the stop light, went to go move the seat back and the light turns green and my foot fell off the clutch! I looked in my rear view mirror and a car almost went right through the back of me!

 

This is not my first Porsche

Starting out from standstill, it's also quite different whether your Sport mode is "on" or "off". Switching back and forth, I end up not giving enough gas when it's "off", and too much gas and clutch slipping with Sport mode "on".

 

I haven't stalled the C2S yet. But my 968 is a different animal. I use that car to teach my 17 year old son how to drive standard. Wrong move. He stalls it almost everytime he starts out, while screaming he hates this car:-). He gets very frustrated, so I let him drive the 997, he is as smooth as butter with that car. If you guys think the 6 cylinder has low torque, try a water pumper 4 cyl. If you let the cluch out with no power ( or little) on, it STALLS. Once your used to it it's easy to drive..

 

I have stalled mine several times in the past 34.000 miles. My first car was an Alfa Romeo Spider,so i learnt to give a little gas when starting out, which is what i do with the 997 as it really has no torque at all in the low rpms.

 

Even though I have a TIP (save the jokes!), I've driven my friend's 08 Boxster S and I have to say I found the clutch take-in to be much smoother than what I remembered in the 964 variants (the ones with the floor mounted pedals) I used to own... now THOSE clutch pedals were troublesome for me!

 

When I got my SachsStage2 clutch and LWFW I stalled about 8 times just getting out of the dealership service bay. Pretty embarrassing! They predicted I would, which lessened the ego blow. The stage2 uptake is very different from stock. I challenged any of the techs standing around laughing to NOT stall it, while not burning the new clutch. One bold guy stepped forward, and in front of all his peers...stalled.

Took about a week to get used to, now, no problems other than the random once a month type thing.
CATTMAN

 

I'm surprised with the number of posts on this thread. Were you guys taught to drive a manual tranny?

This is not a trick question as I suspect most people in this country do not get proper driver instruction and much less properly shifting and operating a manual tranny. If you care for your car and truly want to operate it properly I urge you to take the time to properly learn to operate a manual transmission. I hear people destroy clutches in 30k miles - that is wrong. A 911 clutch should last 100k miles when operated correctly.

This is how I do it: the car idles at 700RPM. Blip the throttle to 1000-1200RPM, smoothly release the clutch. Higher throttle on an incline.

 

2 times ..pulling out of drive way...first porsche got 1000 miles....09 c2s...coming from my rs4 which if i was on flat and slowly engaged clutch with no gas would be fine, no stall, right into first....almost did a couple of 3rd gear starts but got on clutch quick enough to save it

 

Have not stalled my p-car. Now I have stalled my tractor pulling a fallen tree. I have stalled my 1973 FJ-40 land cruiser rock crawling a few times but not my road cars.

 

Come on, now. We know how to drive a manny tranny. I learned to drive on one in 1984, and most of my cars since then have been manual. Even so, every now and then it happens. If it doesn't EVER happen to you, I salute your superior skills.
CATTMAN

 

I am not referring to the occasional stall; we all do it. I am referring to the many reported clutches needing replacement w/ barely 30k miles. One can drive fast and spiritedly without destroying clutches.

 

OK, I'll bite. What is the right way to use a manual? Serious question.

All my cars have been manuals and I've never had to replace a clutch before 100k, but I can't put my finger on what I'm doing "right."

Thanks.