Bought new silver iA manual. So far so good. Love the car. Originally was divided whether to get corolla le for not much more money as 20.2k LE had 2k off at one large dealership perhaps to attract new 2016 civic buyers. So at 18k that corolla le competes with 17k automatic iA. But I was looking for fun to drive subcompact with stick for commute purposes only. I have a glk250 for family duties. I dont need backseat or trunk but they are nice to have. Halogen lights are weak but let's keep that for another discussion.
My main issue is sometimes I am not able to get the car off to smooth start. It occasionally will want to jerk and buck back and forth starting from 1st and after shifting into 2nd. Happens probably in stop and creep traffic and/or up incline. I am not positive it occurs only on uphill. I test drove a mazda 2 back in the day and I don't recall this behavior then. This sedan version seems to be very finicky about 1st and 2nd unless I goose the throttle slowly or if it is in down incline. Again not sure about that either.
Perhaps I wasnt quick enough to get on the gas or was too gentle on the gas. I am thinking this is not related to clutch biting incorrectly as it happens right after clutch is let off. Am thinking perhaps revmatching isn't the issue. May be I am not quick enough to get on the gas as resistance on engine builds after flywheel locks in to tranny with cluthpack.
Still early days so hoping it will go away as I get more used to it. I have had it for about 4 days so far. I like everything about this car and there are no issues once momentum builds so it gets buttery smooth shifting from 2 nd onwards to higher gears. Overall this manual will make even novices look like pros and that too without hill assist thanks in part to high bite point. Virtually impossible to stall it even for someone who never drove manuals.
My main issue is sometimes I am not able to get the car off to smooth start. It occasionally will want to jerk and buck back and forth starting from 1st and after shifting into 2nd. Happens probably in stop and creep traffic and/or up incline. I am not positive it occurs only on uphill. I test drove a mazda 2 back in the day and I don't recall this behavior then. This sedan version seems to be very finicky about 1st and 2nd unless I goose the throttle slowly or if it is in down incline. Again not sure about that either.
Perhaps I wasnt quick enough to get on the gas or was too gentle on the gas. I am thinking this is not related to clutch biting incorrectly as it happens right after clutch is let off. Am thinking perhaps revmatching isn't the issue. May be I am not quick enough to get on the gas as resistance on engine builds after flywheel locks in to tranny with cluthpack.
Still early days so hoping it will go away as I get more used to it. I have had it for about 4 days so far. I like everything about this car and there are no issues once momentum builds so it gets buttery smooth shifting from 2 nd onwards to higher gears. Overall this manual will make even novices look like pros and that too without hill assist thanks in part to high bite point. Virtually impossible to stall it even for someone who never drove manuals.
