RE: Resting on the shifter

[Bob Davis <bob@segNET.COM>]

>Going over the owners manual of my A4 1.8TQ, I noticed a paragraph
>in there that says to not keep your hand on the "stick", as this 
>would cause premature wear of the clutch.  How true is this statement?
>

I was the author of a rather bawdy post regarding this not more than a
month ago.  In short, it can wear out the shift linkage bushings
pre-maturely, and caused undo pressure on the synchros and gears in general.  
The result is a shifter that will pop out of gear from time to time, and
sloppy shifting.  Not pretty.  It seems to affect 5th and 3rd first (or
whatever your cruising gears are).

Learn to put it somewhere else.  It's a tough habit to break.  

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