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telekinetic · 04-07-2010, 09:08 PM

Yeah, you're doing it wrong, for the reasons Martian stated. If you're in 4th or 5th, slowing down for a light, and suddenly it turns green, what do you do? Just randomly pick a gear to pop back into? Or worse, you see a car flying out of a driveway and you need to go forward NOW to get out of the way...hunting for a gear then is going to be the difference between a near miss and a t-bone.

The correct way is to always be in gear unless you're sitting at a light, you only hit the clutch for as long as it takes you to downshift. You should really be blipping the gas while the clutch is in and rev matching, if you're slowing down aggressively, to save wear on your synchros, and also clutch, depending on how much you feather it.

1st gear is an exception, never shift into 1st unless you are stopped. Go from 2nd gear to stopped, and don't get in first until you're ready to go. It's way too easy to misjudge and mechanically overrev if you drop all the way into 1st.

04-07-2010, 09:08 PM	#13 (permalink)
telekinetic zomgomgomgomgomgomg Location: Fauxenix, Azerona	Yeah, you're doing it wrong, for the reasons Martian stated. If you're in 4th or 5th, slowing down for a light, and suddenly it turns green, what do you do? Just randomly pick a gear to pop back into? Or worse, you see a car flying out of a driveway and you need to go forward NOW to get out of the way...hunting for a gear then is going to be the difference between a near miss and a t-bone. The correct way is to always be in gear unless you're sitting at a light, you only hit the clutch for as long as it takes you to downshift. You should really be blipping the gas while the clutch is in and rev matching, if you're slowing down aggressively, to save wear on your synchros, and also clutch, depending on how much you feather it. 1st gear is an exception, never shift into 1st unless you are stopped. Go from 2nd gear to stopped, and don't get in first until you're ready to go. It's way too easy to misjudge and mechanically overrev if you drop all the way into 1st. __________________ twisted no more Last edited by telekinetic; 04-07-2010 at 09:12 PM..