After 20 years of driving experience, suggestions for choosing the first car in life.

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 September 1, 2024

From an early age, I have been very interested in objects with wheels, especially cars, love speed, and work for an airline. So far, I have never stopped paying attention to cars, getting a driver’s license as early as 2001 and not getting a racing license until 2019 (see laughter).

It can be said that I owned several cars. I didn’t know if I had a big heart or didn’t care, or maybe it was because camera phones were not popular more than a decade ago. Look through the photo album and I can’t find the pictures of the first few cars. Well, let’s start with the last car!

2010 model, Southeast Lingyue V3 manual wind mining version. Ten years ago, this car was also a popular home sedan chair. It came to China with the chassis technology of the last two generations of EVO, continuing the dream of many young people who love JDM and indulge in EVO.
I have to mention that the manual gear sales of this car far exceeded that of the CVT automatic gear model.
In those days, this type of high-end, cost-effective first-class, Mitsubishi 4A91 engine, 1.5L natural gas, with Mitsubishi MIVEC technology, bimodal torque, at 4300 rpm can burst 120hp, 143torque, it is difficult to find a rival. Only does not match a transmission efficiency is not high Gertra transmission.
Even so, the land price of 9 yuan, with moving rearview mirror, keystroke, keyless start, skylight, leather seats, four independent hangers, LED lights and so on are still out of date ten years later. What more bicycles do we need?

In the twinkling of an eye, this old companion who has been with me for ten years has entered his twilight years. When he is young and loves modification, he can’t stand the temptation to pay IQ tax many times. Finally, after 25W kilometers, we had to part.

Let’s get back to the point. How to choose the first car in life? My driver’s license is A2. Without exception, all the previous cars are in manual gear. Personally, I think that the manual gear model is more fun to drive and can control the power condition of the vehicle at will.

As a result of loving cars since childhood, every car I have experienced is my good partner. If I purely use the car as a tool, of course, the easier it is to make an appointment, automatically, and mindless step on the gas pedal. After all, gasoline engines do not have much room for torque and speed, unlike electric motors, which can easily run more than ten thousand revolutions, and there is no need to consider the gearbox. On the other hand, the self-gearing model will undoubtedly hand over the important technology of “speed change” to the computer, and the computer shift logic determines the driving sense of the car. Furthermore, the vehicle can not be well controlled, without power control to talk about the handling of the vehicle, which is not in line with personal principles. These suggestions further strengthen the determination to continue to choose manual.

Although there are not many manual gear models now, when changing cars at the same price, only ten generations of Civic and Mingjue 6 were available at the same price. After the test drive, they decisively sold Mingjue 6.

London Eye daylight, Xinghui riding shield in the net, running water LED turn signal, are the selling points of the second generation of famous Jue 6.

Seen from the back of the side 45 degrees, the slippery back design, the hatchback big tail door, the streamline design is unassailable.

There are not many bright spots directly behind, but this taillight is very recognizable.

The more I see it, the more I like it.

Next, let’s talk about our Mingjue 6 manual gear. Let’s talk about the gearbox, so we have to mention the engine. The second-generation Mingjue 6 engine is slightly different from the high-equipped engine, which is simply described as the Otto cycle and the high-equipped Miller cycle. There are no more explanations for the specific differences between people on their own. On the other hand, the hand block of Mingjue 6 only has a low configuration, while the high configuration is a double combination (except for the limited high version in the later period).

The brand of the manual gearbox is unknown, some people say that it is independently developed by SAIC, and some say it is a Bosch product, but it can not be seen on the gearbox shell, and it is not entangled with this for the time being, so let’s put it bluntly. Mingjue 6, this manual gearbox is really good, the shift distance and suction are very good, the clutch is shared with the brake master pump, the foot feeling is light, no matter driving in the city or galloping on the track, the performance is very excellent.

When you’re done talking about the advantages, make a regular complaint:

The head of the original factory is too large, which is barely acceptable, and the feel is OK, but the problem is.

Macro, look at the wear.

The chrome trimmed edges have been worn off

The real leather of the package has also been worn out.

This is only the gear head of 3W km.

Here is the point, the shedding chromium-plated material will cut the hand, you know, when changing gears, it will bring a kind of pricked and cut foot to your right hand.

So now that the problem has emerged, let’s solve it.

How about this plan?

Genuine leather, six-stop stitches with white thread.

Put it on gently, it’s the right size.

The wife sewed it herself.

That’s how it works.

It feels okay.

In this way, it took not too short a period of time, about 2-3W kilometers of sample paper. I always feel that the leather handle still doesn’t feel so good.

I really miss the pull handle of the last car, which is the one below. Even if I sell the car, I don’t want to go with it.

That’s him, my partner who ran more than 20 W kilometers with me.

So all kinds of thinking, and then Amoy this thing on the Internet, began to lossless transformation.

The process has been explained in detail. I hope to provide a tutorial for those who are interested in modification.

This is a good thing!

Come on, let’s do it.

First along the assembly, gently buckle out.

There is a wire harness with anti-skid switch below. Be sure to unplug it.

It reveals the whole picture of the shift mechanism.

This button must be taken off.

The process is very difficult, not on the picture, look at the results!

After the button is loosened, pull it up hard, and the whole head comes out, and below is the bare pole.

The whole thing came out.

This is the sample paper of the pole and shift mechanism, the next step is to upgrade to fast row!

Don’t lose the button, it may be possible to change it back one day

The gear head of the original factory is a little heavy.

Remove the platoon head from the dust cover.

The adapter is fastened with a strap.

That’s it.

The screws are fastened tightly and can be restored.

With the threaded head, you can install all kinds of gear handles ~~~~!

But there was a tragic result. The one above was the original Rally Art gear head, and the bottom was the spare TRD gear head. The aperture of the Rally Art gear head was too small to screw in…

After comparing it, the radius is about the same, and the feel is a little different, but there is no choice, the rallying arts can’t be installed…

Okay, the final product effect, just make do with it…

It has been left for too long, and this head is a little aging. Let’s use it for a while and see if we can renovate it with our right hand.

It feels good to use it now. There are still signs of aging. I changed it to a few other styles on the way, and finally chose to return to its original shape. Hmm! That’s it!

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The gear head is finished and cannot be stopped. The next thing is to pedal.

The original factory pedals were very optimized when they were shipped from the factory, with metal strips and plastic anti-slip strips. But it always feels too small and a little sore. Although the clutch is not heavy, when there is a long-term traffic jam in the city, the left foot is very uncomfortable. Come on, let’s go!

This area is big enough and should be comfortable to step on.

It’s just a screw. The brake pedal has a sleeve, and the clutch and accelerator are integrated.

For a more comfortable foot feel, install the clutch pedal in the reverse direction, so that it will be very comfortable.

After a period of trouble, overall, the driving experience of manual transmission models is still good.

I bought a car that I like and suit, drove comfortably, changed it comfortably, and watched my car turn into the way I like bit by bit. This feeling is very good.

In the coming days, MG 6 will follow me forward. More optimization plans, as well as experience in using and changing cars, will be shared with you one after another ~~~!

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