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Tinster Stupid Question No. 783

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NutmegCT said:
(1) assume that half the other drivers on the road are drunk, and
(2) assume the rest are crazy.
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Presumably the latter category includes the 10% homicidal maniacs who would love to see you die.
 
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:]I have to say, that as fragile and unreliable as these Triumphs seem to be, I am surprised how many have made it to year 2008. [/QUOTE]

Dale,

This is getting WAY over analyzed. Good driving habits for any car dictate putting the car in neutral at a light. Besides, if you ever get hit unexpectedly from behind, your foot may fly off the clutch and your other may hit the gas. That could be a problem, if in gear. No problem if you're in neutral.

These cars are NOT all that fragile or they wouldn't be here today. I brought my car home from the shop over two months ago. Haven't started it since and it sits in the garage in the freezing cold. I charged the battery once, right after Christmas. I went out today and started it up and drove it 30 miles.

As I said before, you've broken the 1K barrier. Just get in it and drive it like any other car. Our car made it through years of Boston & Providence traffic jams on one clutch. Your's will be fine.

JMHO...........
 
angelfj said:
As a good friend of mine once said, " brake pads are a lot cheaper than clutches and tranmissions".
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OTOH, it's a whole lot easier to stop with an overheated clutch than with overheated brakes. I routinely downshift for major downgrades, sometimes even for downhill freeway offramps; and as I said my Triumph clutches last nearly forever.

Which isn't to say that gentle treatment wouldn't make them last longer; just that I would much rather enjoy the car than worry about whether a clutch will last 100,000 miles or wear out in 'only' 80,000. Life's too short !
 
Dale,

Randy tells you true.

Even though you are using one "extra" pedal push to get going again. You are not holding the pressure from the master cylinder though the lines into the slave cylinder applying pressure against the pressure plate via the throw out bearing.

So all of those components are idle when the pedal is off of the floor. When you hold the pedal down all that "stuff" is in use, for as long as you've got the pedal down. Better to just depress the pedal when you NEED to.

And sounds like you are learning to shift without the clutch. I found that a rewarding skill to enjoy on mine. Once you learn to synchro your engine speed and shafts speeds to obtain up or down shifts without gear clash it adds to your mechanical "ego".
 
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:]Once you learn to synchro your engine speed and shafts speeds to obtain up or down shifts without gear clash it adds to your mechanical "ego". [/QUOTE]

And every time you will miss, you are reminded that you are still a mere mortal, albeit, Sir Chick Magnet, with the red TR6.
 
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