and i just learned how to drive manual today, ha!

Any good suggestions for a guy with his first NEW car?

 

congrats and welcome to our community

i babied (shifted at 3k rpm) my car for 1000 miles to break it in, so that may be a suggestion.

intake exhaust headers after you get used to your car a little bit. after you just learned how to drive with that extra pedal

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have a mighty fine day

 

Hold off on mods til you know how to drive a stick.

Remember not to ride the clutch. When you're in motion move your foot away from the clutch pedal. Leaving your foot resting on the pedal will wear down your clutch plate fast.

Just take it easy for the first couple hundred miles.

 

I tried to wait 1k miles... but it was passing into vtec around 700

 

I hit vtec at 25 miles drive it like you stole it i also learned manual on my SI enjoy.

 

I've been hitting VTEC since 15 miles. Just have fun with it and always make sure when your car engine is cold baby it for the first two miles are so (my opinion)

 

I babied her for the first 600 miles and still baby her for the most part, lol. i hit vtec on occasion, but am not much of a speed demon. hmmm...maybe an si wasn't a good buy for me.......nyaaaaaaah!

 

Welcome to the club!! No expert advise here, just try to take it easy on it until after the first oil change. And make sure you check the oil!! I know that after about 3000 miles on mine I had to add about a QT of oil. Just something to keep in mind. Congrats on the buy!!

 

I broke my car in hard =] Just like how you can break in engine that you just built

 

Read the manual and follow the break in instructions! You need to baby the car (shift low) for the piston rings to seat properly. Some people might be driving it hard the first mile off the lot (which isn't recomended) and probably have no problems but that doesn't mean you won't have problems. Best bet is to follow the instructions, Honda knows what they are doing when they wrote that manual.

 

Congratz!
First week I got my baby I broke 1k! Yea thats a lot of driving at 65mph and lower, but hey I wanted to rip my car asap. Advice enjoy the first 1k and dont rush like me! =P

Also change your oil at 1k because you don't know how long the oils been sitting there.

 

Thanks guys, I'm just a little worried because i really don't have anyone to teach me how to drive manual, i had some instruction, but i don't really see the guy often. I was driving it all day today (got a good 60 miles on it), and i was just wondering the best ways to do First and Reverse. I know it's a stupid question but, i when i go in reverse, i tend to hold on the Clutch cause if i let go, it goes to fast in reverse, and if i hold it I know i'm burning it. Also in first i'm still learning how to do it properly. Any advice as far as this goes?

 

You ought to find a large empty parking lot and practice reverse and first. Try getting it moving without using the gas pedal. Let up slowly on the clutch in first until you feel the friction point. This is when the rpms change and you start moving forward. Keep letting off til your foot is off the pedal. Try changing your speeds with just the clutch pedal (you're not gonna go past a 3-5 mph doing this).

Thats just to help you get an idea of how the clutch pedal works. When you're doing an everyday start from a light or whatever, give it a little gas as you let off slowly on the clutch. I usually try to aim for the clutch pedal and the gas pedal to meet at the friction point (the point that the car starts responding to clutch pedal movements).

Hope this helps.

 

i agree on going to a parking lot and learning reverse and 1st gear.

i learned how to drive a manual in a high school parking lot on an 88 Toyota Pickup about 5 years ago. i just drove around starting and stopping and reversing for about an hour and it's been pretty smooth sailing since then.

even when i picked up my SI (which is my 2nd manual car) i spent a little bit just going from stop to 1st just to get used to where the clutch engages since it can be different on every car.

my only REAL advice is to just stay calm. the second you lose your cool is the second that it gets harder to do.