neutrino

My 5,000 mile update... It's getting cooler out, and some mornings, first gear will not engage, on the first try. I live on a small incline, maybe less than 10 degrees, and when its cold, or humid, or it's sat for 2 days, first gear will shudder and the engine will jump violently. It feels like the engine's going to come out of the compartment. If I let off, try to engage again, it may grab and take off. It will do this for 2 or 3 more shifts from stop until it warms up. Once every couple weeks, the car will stall at a stop sign with the clutch depressed, and coinciden

Thanks, jibb3r. Glad to see this will be a good year-round car! I think I'm finally starting to nail it down. I was looking through a Sonic and some other low hp econo forums, and a common practice was to shift early in 1 and 2. With that, and the tips here, It's finally starting to feel right and I hope to commit it to muscle memory soon.

I just bought a new 2015 this weekend. What an incredible car. I really can't get over how awesome it is, for what it's supposed to be. I was going to look at the Spark, then the Mirage, and pick one. I didn't even make it to the mitsu dealer. Man, this car, just wow. The only thing bugging me is this manual trans. I'm glad this thread is here. I have also been experimenting with shifting styles. 1 and 2 are so awkward while 3 and 4 are so smooth. The bite point is high in mine, with little pedal feedback. I have to be so slow in every movement, depressing and releasing, with a subtle thrott