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Originally Posted by Topcat
Ah well im just on a downer I guess, I am getting a long list of things to be looked at and its a pain in the neck arranging a courtesy car with the insurance etc so I can't be bothered. I have to concentrate on pulling away and changing gear (changing gear should just be a reaction that you do without giving it a second thought) if I don't think about it the gears slip in to the wrong place, and the stiffness is definately straining my elbow!!! It seems that I either over rev or under rev on pulling away now - I am beginning to feel like a new driver and seeing that I have been driving for 23 years its just a tad annoying!
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TC, Unlike you, I am one of Honda's happy customers - no probs so far except being mildly disppointed with the gearbox but- as I said somewhere on another thread, for me it is a luxury problem because changing gear in my 307 was like stirring a stick in a bucket of coal.
You sound as if you have lost confidence in your driving ability (For Chrissakes, I must be able to change gear!!) - I've experienced the same feeling on occasion over the last 38 years and usually I've cured myself by getting on some deserted country road and giving the car some stick all the way through the box, until I get it right several times on the trot. Go for it - but keep an eye on your rear view mirror and on the concealed country exits!!