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Old 03-10-2013, 07:53 AM   #5
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Find a quiet, flat street. With the engine idling, let out the clutch and get the car moving SMOOTHLY without using any throttle. That's it. Do this successfully about 10 times and you'll be 10x smoother when using the throttle.
This is excellent advice. It certainly helped me a lot. I had found my Boxster the most challenging manual car of all the ones I've owned to start from a stop. And I've owned nothing but manual cars for the last 25 years.

BTW: I first heard about this from the Car Talk guys. I was surprised how much it helped

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