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Originally Posted by hadokenuh
So can you someone answer the question I've been trying to get an answer:
With SRM on, when I upshift not from stop but from 1-2, 2-3, 3-4 etc., is it ok to let the clutch out immediately after shifting? Does that damage anything?
I've been doing that and have not seen/heard anything weird. And yes, I read the manual which says the SRM helps upshifts as well.
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So long as you are not beating on the car, I doubt you are doing any amount of meaningful damage. For normal daily driving, I find I can let the clutch out in a fairly normal manner immediately after the I change gears. However, I do not force a gear change and I do not dump the clutch, it is all very controlled and "effortless" for lack of a better word. I will try to describe it a bit better.
Whenever I am instructing someone new to a manual car, I tell them that they should be able to shift the car with either the palm of their hand gently resting on the shift knob or with two fingers. That gets them familiar with how the transmission likes to work and the speed at which it likes to shift.
For clutch control, the whole idea is smoothness so I start out telling them to get a feel for the engagement point and work on learning that point. It will be rough starting out as the motion gets commited to muscle memory, but after a couple days it should get pretty second nature. From there it is just a matter of refining the process and learning what to do and not to do with the clutch.
So long as you can make the whole process smooth, wear and tear should be fairly minimal, but ultimately it boils down to practice and learning the car.