waremark wrote:I think that to change gear smoothly I require either a rev counter or to hear the engine, preferably both.
Choosing the next gear by the available torque might imply changing gear after starting to apply the torque. In most situations AD'ers change down before pressing the accelerator to apply torque - but here gear choice is based on speed so not affected by hearing.
As a person who will care about mechanical sympathy and smoothness you should be driving a car with a rev counter. I hope the car used by the instructor you will have on the road has one.
TheInsanity1234 wrote:waremark wrote:I think that to change gear smoothly I require either a rev counter or to hear the engine, preferably both.
Choosing the next gear by the available torque might imply changing gear after starting to apply the torque. In most situations AD'ers change down before pressing the accelerator to apply torque - but here gear choice is based on speed so not affected by hearing.
As a person who will care about mechanical sympathy and smoothness you should be driving a car with a rev counter. I hope the car used by the instructor you will have on the road has one.
Well, you say that, but I've been driving in those Skoda Citigo things with the Young Driver lessons, and they don't have a rev counter, but I can change gear quite smoothly perhaps 7, maybe 8 times out of 10. Also, I'm not being prompted to change gear, I'm changing gear when I feel that the car wants a different gear.
TheInsanity1234 wrote:waremark wrote:I think that to change gear smoothly I require either a rev counter or to hear the engine, preferably both.
Choosing the next gear by the available torque might imply changing gear after starting to apply the torque. In most situations AD'ers change down before pressing the accelerator to apply torque - but here gear choice is based on speed so not affected by hearing.
As a person who will care about mechanical sympathy and smoothness you should be driving a car with a rev counter. I hope the car used by the instructor you will have on the road has one.
Well, you say that, but I've been driving in those Skoda Citigo things with the Young Driver lessons, and they don't have a rev counter, but I can change gear quite smoothly perhaps 7, maybe 8 times out of 10. Also, I'm not being prompted to change gear, I'm changing gear when I feel that the car wants a different gear.
WhoseGeneration wrote:It's about the other senses compensating isn't it?
I suspect those of us without your disability will never be able to comprehend no matter how much you try to explain.
ADUK day with all those attending having to wear good earplugs?
waremark wrote:Sounds good, but obviously I cannot tell how well you are managing. You can achieve smoothness without accurate rev matching by slipping the clutch slightly but that is not mechanically sympathetic, and in due course you will not think that 7 out of 10 is good enough. You will also have to cope with more different road and traffic situations, which changes the position of the pedals for accurate gear changing (think of going up hill, accelerating hard to join traffic, etc).
When you do have a rev counter (presumably in the Yeti) notice whether and how much the revs change when you let out the clutch after each gear change. If you are getting it right there is very little rev change when the clutch is released.
When are you 17?
TheInsanity1234 wrote:Yes, it'd be intriguing to see just how different people's driving would be if they suddenly lost all their hearing
WhoseGeneration wrote:TheInsanity1234 wrote:Yes, it'd be intriguing to see just how different people's driving would be if they suddenly lost all their hearing
Old BIB saying, "When in town, window down". I do it, not all down though and sometimes on the open road.
For me it's to do with my past time on motorcycles and how hearing was part of appreciating what was going on around me. I've sorta carried that into car driving.
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