HaHA ... whatever , i've experienced the same issue and the only way to make it smooth is to (IMHO) abuse the clutch. It's mostly a motor mount issue , the TD helps.

 

ohhhh i understand what you guys are talking about now... first is a very touchy ratio... if i'm in a parking lot, going anywhere from .1 mph - 15 mph, i put it in second. first isnt really a driving gear. its just used when your at a DEAD stop. if you are rolling AT ALL, put it in second. thats what i do and i dont get this prob. the only thing is with putting it in second, is you dont get as much "throw you back in your seat feeling" (and i have polurethane mounts so it vibrates like no other), if you want to do that, put it in first, and rev high, release clutch faster than normal... i mean, thats what i do.

although, if you ARE in first, just be eeeasy on the gas, like your playing with a baby or something... and it shouldnt buck that hard. but all manuals do this. just some do it worse than others because like someone else said, more/less torque, or higher/lower ratios...

 

Yeah,i need to learn to drive my car.Why didnt i think of that.Its a known complaint with these cars dip ****.This is coming from someone saying its because first gear is so damn torquey,LOL.You dont deal with stop in go traffic like i do in nyc.You live in the friggen desert,all u have to do is make sure u dont hit a cactus.So,go back and read ur magazines of super street and pretend like you know something about cars.

 

lmaooo

It's the drive by wire. The lagginess and sensitivity of the pedal causes it to do that. The soft stock mounts don't help this either.

 

First gear doesn't like you to stay slow on it, I only get the problem when I have to creep through first to avoid bottoming out on something.

 

It's not just with these cars. It has more to do with the transmission's 1st gear ratio being so high (numerically). My Mustang GT was even worse than my G5 GT.......it's to do with the ratio, not the car.

 

I when I read "all u have to do is make sure u dont hit a cactus"

 

clean out ur throttle body.

 

^wins^^^^

if you start jerking a little push in the clutch a little and let it re-seat.

 

jesus christ put it back in your pants and atleast wait til your in 3rd gear to start jerkin it

 

well no **** lol . Anyone can make it stop by pushing in the clutch , but why does it start in the first place.

 

thats like asking me why your paint scratches when you use sand paper.....


in short:
operator error

Also if i remember correctly 1st gear doesnt have limited slip, but that only helps with grip so ur SOL

 

WTF are you talking about ? operator error?

First gear doesn't have limited slip lol?

 

I get the same rocking and bucking feeling in a parking lot that everyone else is talking about. I have huge ass speed bumps so when i go over them my car bounces, and that leads to my foot rocking EVER so slightly on the accelerator causing it to CONTINUE to buck and get worse. SO i have learned that lesson. Secondly, on my car in first gear, if i am at.... say 2000 RPM and i let off the pedal completely, the second the car hits about 1200 RPM the tach starts to bounce off 1200 and 1000 RPM and it will buck by itself..... motor mounts? dirty TB? Gear ratio? help!

 

SOFT MOTOR MOUNTS, plus large amounts of torque, short gear, touchy throttle, it's all been said. get some solid motor mounts, and stay out of first as much as possible.

 

ya but i dont want super hard shaking coming from my engine. I have Poly mounts in my eclipse and they shake like a mother ******. My whole steering wheel vibrates on idle and start up, and u dont even wanna know about the AC compressor lol

 

it's amazing how many people don't know how to drive their car. what you guys are doing is burning your clutch. yea, it solves the jerking problem. but it's burning your clutch, and not the way to do it.

the trick is to just be very steady in first. the proper way to start from a stop is to let the clutch up to the engage piont, THEN hit the gas. you don't hit the gas, and slowly let up the clutch. that's the wrong way to do it, and it will only cause clutch problems down the road.

another rule is that you ONLY use first to get to second. what the above person said is wrong. do NOT push the clutch to let 1st "reseat". that's bad on your clutch, and it's bad on your synchros. if that doesn't make sense, you want to be in first gear as little as possible. get going a little bit and shift into 2nd unless you're racing. if you're in first, let off the gas, and get bak on it, it will most certainly be jerking. instead of letting off and getting back on it in first, shift to 2nd. problem solved.

 

Apply the gas gingerly and let off it gingerly.

The jerk in first gear is normal.

You don't need much gas at all to get the car going. I literally give the engine enough revs just to to keep near idle to get the car going(Of course hit the clutch engagement point first).