bdballer69

how bad does it hurt the car when you stall?

and are there any differences by stalling from 1st gear at idle, or say a 5th gear stall?

are there anything i can buy to put in the system to care for the enigine?

MrChoyBoi

Its kinda hard to stall it in 5th dont you think?? 1st gear is more practical. I think stalling in general is not a good thing, but you gotta go through that stage when you're learning.

bdballer69

it's not me that's stalling...letting my gf driving it...wonder if there's anything i can put in my car to maintain it b4 my gf breaks it

mach5

its doesn't hurt the car, it only embarasses you if another person sees you

bdballer69

i am sure it does...

trench

learning with a new car. man, alot of you folks out here.

Somnambulated

I know. Dude, you can borrow my Grandpa's old beater pickup if you need to learn. It's a stickshift.

Why would you buy a brand new car to mess up?

wOoOzZy

I'd also like to know what, exactly, stalling does to the engine. I learned stick on my tC and only stalled a handfull of times but I've let 1 or 2 people drive my car who stalled it =/. I need to know if that is a terrible thing to do or not.

ScoopNY

Depending on how often you stall, if it's only a few times,well that's not going to do much damage. But if it's repeated stalling over a long period of time (months, years), that will eventually destroy the clutch prematurely. If you need a new clutch at 40K, then you'll know what stalling has done. The only prevention is to not stall.

DibujoB

Man, my old Saturn I learned to drive stick in back in High School (centuries ago) was stalled like crazy. My brother, my girlfriends, half of my high school learned how to drive in that thing, and it ran fine for years and years until I traded it in.

You won't hurt the car by stalling it. It's not good for the car, but it won't break anything......other than maybe needing a new clutch prematurely.

jmiller20874

Man are Saturn's that old :D You can't be that old.

lvnurs9

You can't stall in any gear other then first unless you let the car idle down/ie come to a stop while in gear...and why would you do that?

Why is your gf driving your car? NO ONE drives mine!!

wOoOzZy

The only person I trust with my car is my friend Jon. Because I know he's a good driver, good at stick, and he lets me drive his GTI.

Ok, if stalling just wears the clutch then it hasn't been enough to be a big deal.

ScoopNY

That's exactly why I got stick! My BF was ____ed because it meant he couldn't drive it. I was like. Too bad.

DibujoB

You kidding?! I traded in a brontosaurus when I bought the Saturn.

I just turned 26 last month.

wOoOzZy

26 isn't old.

Xer0

Stalling isn't horrible for your engine. It puts as much wear on your car as turning it off. If your gf was playing grind it til you find it with your gears then there would be some problems

jaycarneygiants

I am just posting this answer cecause nobody slse seeme dto answer this specific question. When your transmission (flywheel) is engaged with your engine one part of the tranny is spinning at the same RPM's as the engine (of course the other end connected to your wheels through a series of gears known as a "transmission" is not). When the pressure put on your tranny from that "wheel" end is more than the engine (probably running at low RPM's at this point or idle speed from having the clutch in) can push then it will stall.

Your engine has to be running at a certain RPM level for it to continue to fire (stay running) and not unlike a hamster running in a excercise wheel, if you put pressure on that wheel the hamster will get to a point that he can no longer keep the thing spinning. Well your doing esentially the same thing in your car. You have all the weight of the car and the force needed to push it (engine RPM's) is insufficient.

wOoOzZy

Thank's a lot jaycarneygiants. That answers my question perfectly.