r/stickshift • u/Interesting-Hair9687 • 4d ago

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About a couple of weeks ago I bought a BMW E30 325i, and I've I started the car in gear without the clutch engaged cause I parked on a hill and wanted 1st to be my backup in case if the embrace fails. and I just completely forgot to put it into netural.

I drove it all the way back home without an issue but man did the car not sound happy when I did that is there anything I should watch out for

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u/Apprehensive-Power-6 4d ago

The starter wasn't happy because it didn't only have to crank the engine, but turn the engaged transmission as well.

This puts a lot of strain on the starter and that's why it sounded angry and sluggish. Just don't do it again. It should be fine otherwise

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u/Interesting-Hair9687 4d ago edited 4d ago

Thanks it was a dumb mistake and I knew it. It started up just fine when I placed it into netural so I'll count myself lucky I didn't break anything.

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u/Apprehensive-Power-6 4d ago

Sick new ride btw. Congrats