almost had a very bad accident

Originally Posted by Pharmacist not sure how you guys downshift into 1st at such high speeds. most manual cars i drove will resist a lot and do a lot of

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05-01-2010, 08:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Pharmacist

not sure how you guys downshift into 1st at such high speeds. most manual cars i drove will resist a lot and do a lot of gear grinding if trying to go into 1st at any high speed

I did it on a gearbox that had 170,000km on it. I think as they wear it gets easier, and of course the gears get sloppier. There's no way I could do it on the Z, it will baulk on 1st at anything other than a crawl - double clutching helps make it happen when you need it.

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