Bought the car! Pictures added!

[alfa147x]

Picked it up today! yay! The thing was messy! Dirt / dust / ash everywhere
Took 2 of us 2 hours to clean the interior to my satisfaction level.
Problems:
1 hole in the back seat about 2 cm diameter
I can't drive a stick


Well that last part I only have trouble taking off on hills. I just can't keep the damn car from stalling out! But once I'm out of 1st I am smooooooth sailing!

I'll post pictures tomorrow after I wash the outside throughly.

 

[HarryLui]

Rev to 1500-2000 and let the clutch out smoothly.

You're letting the clutch out too quickly if it stalls.

 

[alfa147x]

Rev to 1500-2000 and let the clutch out smoothly.

You're letting the clutch out too quickly if it stalls.

how do you keep it from rolling back?

 

[satyajitmenon]

Till you get used to the clutch and at what point it engages/disengages, you can use the handbrake intermittently when hill-starting.

When I was learning to drive, my dad used to drive me up to a hill. I'd get into the drivers side, engage the handbrake, shift into first, start letting out the clutch slowly till I started to feel the engine struggle against the brake. Then I released the handbrake and kept modulating the clutch letting the car creep ahead, stop (without the brake), creep again and so on.

 

[Meghan54]

how do you keep it from rolling back?

Experience with the clutch......you have to drop the clutch until it just begins to engage with the proper rpm's you need to keep from killing the engine. But this isn't something you can learn from reading, only by experience with driving a stick. You'll get it, but until then, plan on killing the engine a few times and if you're stuck with someone on your bumper, take the advice of using the parking brake as a helper until you learn.

 

[Lotheron]

Don't be afraid to get into a sub division and practice practice practice starting out in first. You will eventually get to the point where you do not need to rev the motor anymore than needed to get the car moving. If you see the RPM gauge drop a good bit when the car starts to move forward you gave it to much.

 

[thescreensavers]

What RWD car gets 30mpg? (Diesel excluded)

G25 And M35H

 

[Rezist]

To this day I just use the clutch and break, or just let out the clutch and get on the gas.

 

[alkalinetaupehat]

how do you keep it from rolling back?

start letting out the clutch slowly till [you start] to feel the engine struggle

There's your answer. This point is different depending on the car (Esp. if it's got a clutch like a 240sx), and how worn the clutch is. I don't know if there's a technical term for it, but it's the beginning of where the clutch engages the flywheel and energy from the engine is transferred through the drivetrain, and vice-versa for inertia. A buddy's worn-out clutch has a pretty wide spread and is really easy to creep whatever direction you please.

 

[HarryLui]

how do you keep it from rolling back?

I never worried about it: gas, clutch action, and go. You might roll back .5 inch in between your foot let go the brake and hit the gas, and that's fine.

Don't panic and hit the brake, that is the KEY.

 

[alfa147x]

The car was a mess! I spent a while cleaned the shit out of it and washed the outside. I wanted to wax the body but I rather wait till I can claybar then wax it.

Okay well when last time I posted I was panicing about rolling back. Now I think I got it... If someone stops too close to the back of my car all I do is use my E-Brake just incase. But DAMN people stop too closely too my car!

 

[alfa147x]

Quick question about driving a car with a manual transmission: When I'm coming up to a trafic light / stop sign and I have the clutch in while braking
Sometimes I will go ahead and shift into first. This is while I am decelerating so I would be around 30 MPH when the shift happens. After I shift while the clutch is still engaged the car sounds like it's whining.

Any ideas?

 

[Demo24]

I would never shift into first that fast, 2nd at the least. I would keep the clutch in for most of the deceleration until the rpms started to get low. I usually downshift as I'm slowing down, but that's not terribly nice on the clutch long term.

The whining you hear are the gear synchros spinning the gears up to match the right speed, and going into first at such speed is not good for your transmission.

 

[alfa147x]

I would never shift into first that fast, 2nd at the least. I would keep the clutch in for most of the deceleration until the rpms started to get low. I usually downshift as I'm slowing down, but that's not terribly nice on the clutch long term.

The whining you hear are the gear synchros spinning the gears up to match the right speed, and going into first at such speed is not good for your transmission.

Ah Thanks! I'll stop doing it now...

 

[HAL9000]

So I figure I would get a $2000 shitty TridenT type car...

I lol'd

 

[halik]

I lol'd

Ditto

 

[alfa147x]

Wow I just re-read the OP and holy shit how did I pass college english D:

 

[angry hampster]

Nice car! I have never been too much into that generation of Civic though...not a fan of the interior for some reason. They do drive nice though.

 

[DivideBYZero]

Fuck that a carfax is $35

Which is 0.5% of the car's value. Spend the $35 and potentially save $6465.

 

[Pulsar]

Things planned:
Tint the windows
35 in the back
20ish in the front (Just like my old car)
Fogs lights

Wheels from an accord / civic / tsx

I'll probably wait to get new wheels till I need new tires

So... you financed the car with interest to keep money in your account and now you plan on getting stuff that has no bearing on actually driving it? /facepalm

 

[alfa147x]

So... you financed the car with interest to keep money in your account and now you plan on getting stuff that has no bearing on actually driving it? /facepalm

I have enough money to pay it off. I'm using this as an opportunity to build credit.

 

[kaerflog]

Thought you agreed on 7K and then paid $7.5K ??
Still a great deal.

 

[alfa147x]

So I'v been a LOT better at driving the car.
Been putting about 500 miles on it a week. No problems so far, just an oil change. I need to replace the MTF soon.
I wish the car was a darker color. It sucks spending time to detailit and the paint just looks cleaner :\ I wish I could polish it and get a nice deep tone out of the color.

Things to do (In order of importance):

• Replacement of MTF
• Tint
• Civic EX wheels:
  
• Fog Lamps

 

[Demo24]

Its got what, 60k in miles? If so a 60k service probably did that MTF change, might want to check. Course if it hasn't had that service, time to get it done.


Also I just reread what I wrote about driving manual. I meant to say that in most cases I keep the clutch engaged when slowing down, and usually clutch in when rpms hit about 2k or so. Not always how I do it though. At slower in town speeds when I am approaching the light I will probably go ahead and clutch in, then stop. I don't usually hold the clutch at lights either, I just wait until I see the other lights turn before I do.

 

[SN4p]

You picked a good vehicle to learn with, those honda clutches are cake to use.