Spice_Rack
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- Boise, Idaho - USA
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- 2004 Nissan 350Z Roadster, 1983 Mazda RX-7 GS
After reading that thread about frequent shifting with a manual possibly causing excessive wear, that got me thinking. I have a 2006 Hyundai Tiburon SE with a six speed manual box, and the entire transmission is going to be replaced, uhhh, tomorrow... by my dealership. The car has 17,600 miles on it and I havent had a single problem with it, or the transmission. The reason its being replaced is, according to my dealer, it has a small leak that they couldnt find the source of so they simply opted to replace it (luckly at no charge to me since its under warranty).
However, I'm still curious as to why. I've checked the spot in my garage where I park my car and there is a small bit of what appears to be oil from where the trans would be, but its not very much at all. I really don't see why the entire thing needs replaced. But hey, who am I to complain since its under warranty?
But after reading that thread i'm starting to wonder if maybe I was partly responsible for this. I drive my car hard at times, I autocross it (for those that dont know its basically a small road course setup with cones in a parking lot), and I do shift into first gear pretty much 90% of the time where I'm going to a complete stop, or <10 MPH. I will, probably 80% of the time rev the engine up to around 2000 RPM all the way up to 3500 RPM depending on what speed I'm traveling at while i'm slowing down. This is essentially the heel/toe manuevor. There has never been any excessive resistance, and never any grinding noise. It's always worked fine and i've never had a problem with it... But there seems to be the impression around here that doing this on a manual transmission is bad and will cause excessive wear.
So basically I wanna know if this is very true. So can anyone, with some technical knowledge answer my question?
However, I'm still curious as to why. I've checked the spot in my garage where I park my car and there is a small bit of what appears to be oil from where the trans would be, but its not very much at all. I really don't see why the entire thing needs replaced. But hey, who am I to complain since its under warranty?
But after reading that thread i'm starting to wonder if maybe I was partly responsible for this. I drive my car hard at times, I autocross it (for those that dont know its basically a small road course setup with cones in a parking lot), and I do shift into first gear pretty much 90% of the time where I'm going to a complete stop, or <10 MPH. I will, probably 80% of the time rev the engine up to around 2000 RPM all the way up to 3500 RPM depending on what speed I'm traveling at while i'm slowing down. This is essentially the heel/toe manuevor. There has never been any excessive resistance, and never any grinding noise. It's always worked fine and i've never had a problem with it... But there seems to be the impression around here that doing this on a manual transmission is bad and will cause excessive wear.
So basically I wanna know if this is very true. So can anyone, with some technical knowledge answer my question?