Eh, not really. The tricky part (which isn't even that tricky) of learning to drive stick is modulating the clutch, not somehow accidentally downshifting
Maybe, if you're also driving an antique that doesn't have high-RPM lockouts to prevent overspeeding the engine. But even my old cars going back to the '90s have those.
Nah, the only thing that might be worth worrying about learning to drive stick is the clutch, and that's a wear item designed to be replaced anyway. (Not necessarily often or cheaply, but still, a wear item.)
Even then, unless somebody's truly hopeless, they'll figure it out well before putting on any noticeable excessive wear. (Source: I've taught at least five people to drive stick using my own cars, including myself, and haven't had to replace a clutch due to wear yet.)
To be fair nearly all my concerns about manuals are from stories others have told me. We have had two manual cars for maybe a decade now and haven't had a single bit of trouble with the transmissions or clutches.
I even taught myself to drive stick driving one of them home from the dealership. Plus I didnt become proficient at it for a bit of time after that.
I really prefer manuals at this point. Feels simpler.
06 Subaru has no problem pulling a money shift, the reason you'll never accidentally hit first isn't because of lockouts but first not having a synchro. Now grabbing second from fifth on the highway, yea, that can happen
One of the first lessons from my instructor was to push the gear stick from the right with your palm for 1/2, top for 3/4, and left for anything else.
That way, there is less chance of shifting from one section to another. Useful when you car sometimes needs a downshift on the motorway, and 4th is adjacent to R.
Porsche just recalled every Taycan as well for a brake hose that can leak.
Tesla, Ford and Porshe all back to back.
Someone, university or something looked into this once, and found that something like 70% of the time recalls happen in groups like this as OEMs wait for others to announce their recalls first as they take the bigger stock /media hit. Then anyone else who had one but hadn't announced it yet jumps in and doesn't suffer as much.
Add Honda CRV fuel pumps to that. Can cause the engine to just shut off at any time. And Honda won't even have the parts available until the fall unless you are currently experiencing issues related to the fuel pump.
I wonder how long they can "hold onto" a recall like this while waiting for others to announce one first.
Is it just like, oh there's so much paperwork so we have a 6 month window, and it doesn't even matter since the parts aren't available until the fall anyway?
There should probably be better rules on holding info back.
They'll just flash the computer to default to be 4th gear upon signal loss instead of 1st gear. Danger problem averted. Cost is only 30 minutes of labor.
