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kazino
Original Poster
1,356 posts
87 months
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Any potential issue with this?
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moz168
17 posts
22 months
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Apart from looking like an old fart setting off?
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kazino
Original Poster
1,356 posts
87 months
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moz168 said: Apart from looking like an old fart setting off? lol, well apart from that?
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Platinum
2,090 posts
92 months
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The car doesn't feel happy when I've tried this. I'd have thought it would increase wear on components.
Don't be so lazy, change into 1st!
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DC5TEG
237 posts
59 months
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Not a Major Potential Issue i would think, but you'll wear the clutch out quicker, as your laying more stress on the components!
Why would you wanna do this anyway?
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BibsTLF
678 posts
76 months
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What a peculiar question.
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kazino
Original Poster
1,356 posts
87 months
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Difficult to engage first gear in my car and hard to go from 1st to second so thought might be better to just start off in 2nd. So only problem is a bit more clutch wear and stress on 2nd gear I guess.
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Stephanie Plum
1,830 posts
80 months
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It shouldn't be hard to go into first, so surely it would be better to sort that problem out before it gets worse??
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kazino
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87 months
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pthelazyjourno
1,242 posts
38 months
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In such a light car, it's hardly like you have to slip the clutch to start in second - additional wear should be negligible.
My Elise is more than happy starting in 2nd, although again not sure why you'd want to a lot of the time. It's certainly slower!
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DC5TEG
237 posts
59 months
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kazino said: Difficult to engage first gear in my car and hard to go from 1st to second so thought might be better to just start off in 2nd. So only problem is a bit more clutch wear and stress on 2nd gear I guess. Yip well fair enough. So you possibly have Clutch issues anyway, or worst case a Gearbox problem. Well as its potentially goosed anyway, crack on with pulling away in 2nd, as i reckon you ain't gona cause any further damage by pulling away in 2nd.lol However it's not a practice in General i would condone. That is why Car manufacturers gave us 1st gear,lol. If it was fine to constantly pull away in 2nd Gear, they'd make cars with gearboxs starting from 2nd gear.lol
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kazino
Original Poster
1,356 posts
87 months
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DC5TEG said: Yip well fair enough. So you possibly have Clutch issues anyway, or worst case a Gearbox problem.
Well as its potentially goosed anyway, crack on with pulling away in 2nd, as i reckon you ain't gona cause any further damage by pulling away in 2nd.lol
However it's not a practice in General i would condone. That is why Car manufacturers gave us 1st gear,lol. If it was fine to constantly pull away in 2nd Gear, they'd make cars with gearboxs starting from 2nd gear.lol Lol, point well made, first t'is
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Platinum
2,090 posts
92 months
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kazino said: Difficult to engage first gear in my car and hard to go from 1st to second so thought might be better to just start off in 2nd. Try selecting second before you attempt first gear.
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jondude
1,512 posts
86 months
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Platinum said: kazino said: Difficult to engage first gear in my car and hard to go from 1st to second so thought might be better to just start off in 2nd. Try selecting second before you attempt first gear. ^^^^^  Must admit, I've tried pulling away so many times while in 3rd gear it might be nice to try in second 
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DC5TEG
237 posts
59 months
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jondude said: ^^^^^ Must admit, I've tried pulling away so many times while in 3rd gear it might be nice to try in second f  k, why not, you got 5 or 6 to choose from.lol.
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kazino
Original Poster
1,356 posts
87 months
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I agree it selects easier, but since I've engaged 2nd I might aswell just drive off in it. Have started using first now by the way, just feels like less strain on the clutch Platinum said: Try selecting second before you attempt first gear.
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