UMDrummer
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So I'm taking delivery of my 2019 Mustang tomorrow (plan to post a thread with pics and my experience). I took the car for a short ride today. BTW, the vehicle is BEAUTIFUL.
Is the Steeda (or other brands...?) clutch assist spring basically mandatory for these cars? I have driven multiple stick shifts in my life, had my last 6-speed Mustang for 7.5 years, but with the short drive with my 2019 GT today, it made me feel like I was either going to stall it out, or just lunge forward into a wall... no in between. I felt very little confidence taking it from a stop into first gear to turn onto a road with traffic. The middle engagement point of the clutch felt like the pedal was just pushing back up at me in an unnatural way.
There was only 5.8 miles on the car when I got it, so I understand if there's a break in period. But it just kind of worried me that I'm such a stick shift veteran, and I now I'm getting into a brand new car and feel as if I need to take it to an open, empty parking lot to learn on again.
Anyone have some constructive feedback? My friend who knows more about cars said a new spring can help with the "middle" feeling, but that the strong stock spring will help with the fully pushed in feeling. Not sure what to do here.
Is the Steeda (or other brands...?) clutch assist spring basically mandatory for these cars? I have driven multiple stick shifts in my life, had my last 6-speed Mustang for 7.5 years, but with the short drive with my 2019 GT today, it made me feel like I was either going to stall it out, or just lunge forward into a wall... no in between. I felt very little confidence taking it from a stop into first gear to turn onto a road with traffic. The middle engagement point of the clutch felt like the pedal was just pushing back up at me in an unnatural way.
There was only 5.8 miles on the car when I got it, so I understand if there's a break in period. But it just kind of worried me that I'm such a stick shift veteran, and I now I'm getting into a brand new car and feel as if I need to take it to an open, empty parking lot to learn on again.
Anyone have some constructive feedback? My friend who knows more about cars said a new spring can help with the "middle" feeling, but that the strong stock spring will help with the fully pushed in feeling. Not sure what to do here.
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