First or Second Gear?
 

I dont know whether its me being a paranoid driver, trying to clear my driving record in a V8 Mustang or thoughts of burning the throwout bearing in my 1996 GT by shifting aggressively..I always accelerate from second gear, and I never race this is just normal driving. Should I not be doing that?...Its just that first gear is very short and unless I shifted hard into second I'd be going very slow...then again for some reason I'm no longer a good judge of how fast I am or should be going in any gear.

Re: First or Second Gear?
 

Starting from second will wear out your clutch faster since you have to slip it out all the time when starting from second especially if you still have stock gears.

What you can do is just bump it in first. Just start off by getting the car to roll a bit in first, then go right into second. That is what I do when I am trying to drive very quietly or just want to go slow.