General Civic Talk - tire skidding

hey all....i'm pretty new to the manual aspect. sometimes when i gas too much and pull off the clutch a tad bit too quickly..my tires skid like i'm about to race someone. is that bad for my tires? it's a short skid..i'm not burning rubber. also, is there a way u can preserve ur clutch's life length? my car is brand new but i want to keep it nice:D

well ur tire skid becasue ur changin gears at an high rpm so when ur tire pick up traction is make that chirps noise. its not necessarly bad. by the way nice civic si u have there.

cool. thank u thank u. i love it.[:'(]

just keep learning manual. let the clutch out slower and be more easy on the gas and u wont squeek the tires.

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hey all....i'm pretty new to the manual aspect. sometimes when i gas too much and pull off the clutch a tad bit too quickly..my tires skid like i'm about to race someone. is that bad for my tires? it's a short skid..i'm not burning rubber. also, is there a way u can preserve ur clutch's life length? my car is brand new but i want to keep it nice:D


Yeah, keep practicing. If you're squealing tires you're being hard on something.

You can preserve your clutch longevity by not abusing it. Don't use it to hold the car in place on a hill. Don't start off at high RPMs. Don't rest your foot on the clutch pedal. When waiting in traffic, shift to neutral and release the clutch pedal instead of keeping the pedal down with the car in gear.

Sounds like you're getting back on the gas too soon. Rev up the engine while the clutch is disengaged, and that stored energy will make the tires squeal. It's fun as long as someone else is buying you tires. If you try to dissipate it by letting the clutch out slowly, this will cause severe wear on the clutch (basically, you're skidding the clutch instead of the tires then, not good). You want to let the clutch out quick, and have the clutch pedal all the way out before giving it gas.

Itcan get into the opposite situation where the car will slow down suddenly when letting the clutch out because the engine isn't turning fast enough. In that case you need to complete the shift faster or just touch the gas pedal to keep the engine at the proper rpm while shifting. With practice if you have the rpms right then you can drop the clutch out fast and nothing will jump.

just practice until you have the perfect balance down to where you can shift and let go of the clutch right before your rpms start going up, also known as rev match between me and my buddies. you just need to be smooth enough so that you could shift and clutch out when your engine's rpm matches with the speed of your car so that there will be no pressure on the clutch. this way, the clutch will slide right in and you can start accelerating instantly with the gas pedal

hope this makes sense to you, i had a hard time finding the right words

simply put, you're not that great of a driver, so chances are you need more practice.

hey guys...sounds good. i'm not that great at manual because i've only been driving for about 5 days now. practice makes perfect!

in a month, you should be like every other driver (except for yanks who can't drive for ****)

my first few days driving mine around i would shift around 2krpm on the highways, and dead starts i tried to stay around there, found my civic was happy shifting around there... doesn't judder from being too low, and doesn't jump at being too high.

best way i practiced getting clutch control is go to an empty parking lot and just practice getting it in gear w/o using the gas peddle.
I found this a great way to practice.

thanks for the help! good news...i dont skid the tires anymore or really rev the engine up when i'm about to go into first. i would give it about a month of driving everyday to get the hang of it.

well yea like everyone else said just be a little easier on the gas and let the clutch out slowly and steadily. to make ur clutch last longer simply use it carefully...u dont have to baby it but dumping the clutch at 6000 rpms isnt always good. ull get the hang of it.

i never had that problem though. my second or 3rd time driving a standard i could shift and take off fine, it was just wierd putting it in nuetral before coming to a stop. i guess thats because i raced motocross since i was 7. it seemed like that helped me with any type of motor.

Yea i think its all about practice. I am too learning to drive a manual, and its ver hard. I guess more practice will help solve these types of problem :D

yea if you have drivin dirt bikes or 4 wheelers with a clutch it is really easy to learn to drive a standard. its just like everything else you do practice makes perfect

just switch to automatic:D:D:D

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