Originally Posted by
Pimp_Daddy_Patty
Ah yes, I read that wrong. I thought it wouldn't go into when completely stopped.
I notice my Mirage is a bit more difficult to engage first gear when already moving. This is likely due to the quite short first gear requiring the input shaft and clutch disc to spin up significantly more.
My truck with its 3.9:1 first gear did the exact same thing. You could actually hear everything spin up when sifting into first while moving.
A dragging clutch due to misadjustment, or warpage/failure will definitely make it even harder to shift into 1st gear.
I typically go don't use first unless I'm at a complete stop either.