Cgiroux
Active member
I bought a 2011 Golf TDI today. I am ecstatic. It is a black 4 door. I thought I'd be adventurous by getting a manual transmission. I never drove MT in a car before, but I have a motorcycle license, so I have some experience using a clutch.
So I'm in the car, I'm in the dealer's garage ready to take her home. Surely enough I stall 2-3 times, but I get going on the road and hear beeping and smell a bit of smoke. I pulled over as soon as I could and I realize the parking brake is still on. I feel like an absolute MORON. I take the parking brake off, get going a bit, and I stall again a few times. I probably stalled 10 times the entire trip home and I felt like I was making progress as I went along.
I was definitely abusing the clutch. I just told myself; "when in doubt, use the clutch" and I was riding it the entire time. My foot was never on the dead pedal.
I pull up into my driveway, which is a very slight hill and it was difficult to get power / find the friction zone and I was nervous because my mom was right in front of me watching me pull in. I shut the car off. Next thing I know, my mom is telling me the car is literally smoking. I never felt so embarrassed in my life. I just essentially just told my mom that it was a manual transmission and it was smoking because I was abusing the clutch and that it is 'normal'.
I am super embarrassed right now but how worried should I be about the car? Does it sound like I caused any damage?
So I'm in the car, I'm in the dealer's garage ready to take her home. Surely enough I stall 2-3 times, but I get going on the road and hear beeping and smell a bit of smoke. I pulled over as soon as I could and I realize the parking brake is still on. I feel like an absolute MORON. I take the parking brake off, get going a bit, and I stall again a few times. I probably stalled 10 times the entire trip home and I felt like I was making progress as I went along.
I was definitely abusing the clutch. I just told myself; "when in doubt, use the clutch" and I was riding it the entire time. My foot was never on the dead pedal.
I pull up into my driveway, which is a very slight hill and it was difficult to get power / find the friction zone and I was nervous because my mom was right in front of me watching me pull in. I shut the car off. Next thing I know, my mom is telling me the car is literally smoking. I never felt so embarrassed in my life. I just essentially just told my mom that it was a manual transmission and it was smoking because I was abusing the clutch and that it is 'normal'.
I am super embarrassed right now but how worried should I be about the car? Does it sound like I caused any damage?