Skip a gear?

Rockcrawler · 04-13-2012, 12:11 PM

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Originally Posted by radio5boro

welll lets say i rev really high in 4th gear... and i just feel like cruising after. ill just match it to the 6th gear. i've never had any issues doing this.

x2, harmless, usually had fun on the on ramp and need to slow down to merge into traffic about when I'm leaving 4th and drop right into 6th

ohioZboy · 04-13-2012, 01:51 PM

well there are 2 reasons why i skip gears...

1) when i'm dropping the clutch and burning out i go from 1st to 3rd because i've seen way too many people lose 2nd gear doing a burnout and shifting into 2nd when the revs are too high.

2) when my girlfriend is in my car, occasionally for some odd reason i have to go from 1st to 4th...you could imagine why

kidkotic2001 · 04-13-2012, 02:12 PM

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Originally Posted by shabarivas

Sounds like a bunch o bs - honestly - why do you even tell them you skip gears? Just be like this bitch is grinding and you need to fix it...

I second this.

kenchan · 04-13-2012, 03:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Dembflyr

A question to those of you with a manual transmission.

Do you ever skip a gear?

no.

/thread.

Dwight Frye · 04-13-2012, 04:57 PM

Sure, I do it almost every morning. I'm in 4th doing about 70 when merging into heavy traffic on the freeway and have to get over about 6 lanes before the freeway splits. As soon as I pick a spot and get in the lane I slip directly into 6th gear and back off the gas. No problems.

thtdoodstid · 04-13-2012, 05:13 PM

I skip gears everyday. I've heard its bad to make it a habbit to skip the same gear repeatedly, just mix it up. Go to a different dealership and don't mention anything, but that its grinding. Get that ish fixed yo!

Z_Girl · 04-13-2012, 05:17 PM

[QUOTE=kenchan;1661358]no.

Itsalex687 · 04-13-2012, 08:23 PM

I do the same exact pattern have you had any problems with your z?

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Originally Posted by memorylasts

i go 1-2-4-6 if i am just cruising, if i am on the highwy i downshift to 4th if needed, and skip 5th, and if for some reason im doing a full row, then i will use every gear.

Mino · 06-14-2012, 04:11 PM

I do it all the time, I do a lot of 1-3-5 or 6th there's no reason for you to go threw all gears if you rev it high enough in first or third might as well just skip it. Specially with the traffic here in SoCal it helps a lot

kenchan · 06-14-2012, 04:19 PM

why bring this up now 2 months later?

Dembflyr · 06-14-2012, 04:41 PM

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Originally Posted by kenchan

why bring this up now 2 months later?

Does it matter how old the thread is? It's still relevant.

SailFree · 06-14-2012, 04:47 PM

1) Nothing wrong with what you are doing under those circumstances.

2) Missing gears and dropping directly to the one needed while DOWNSHIFTING is the way to go.

kenchan · 06-14-2012, 04:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dembflyr

Does it matter how old the thread is? It's still relevant.

dem- see below:

Quote:

Originally Posted by SailFree

1) Nothing wrong with what you are doing under those circumstances.

nismochiq · 06-14-2012, 10:38 PM

I would say only downshift when needed, other than that all gears are used

mults · 06-15-2012, 06:57 AM

I do it all the time as well. Just cruising around town, I go from 3rd to 6th as long as I am going at leat 35mph

. I had a 1994 Pontiac Formula and there was a feature called "skip-shift" that forced you to go from 1st to 4th. They did this to help meet the corporate fuel economy standards. The only way to bypass the skip-shift was to get into the gas more aggressively

. I did end up bying an eliminator to get rid of this feature because it was a PITA!

06-14-2012, 04:11 PM	#54 (permalink)
Mino Base Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: SoCal 818 Posts: 248 Drives: 12 370Z BS Spt 6MT Rep Power: 15	I do it all the time, I do a lot of 1-3-5 or 6th there's no reason for you to go threw all gears if you rev it high enough in first or third might as well just skip it. Specially with the traffic here in SoCal it helps a lot __________________ 2012 370z Sport 6MT baseline 283whp \| BBS CH-Rs \| Custom HKS single exit \| Evo-R \| Resonated TPs soon to be installed \| 4.08 Gears Coming soon

06-14-2012, 10:38 PM	#59 (permalink)
nismochiq Enthusiast Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 296 Drives: Hard Rep Power: 15	I would say only downshift when needed, other than that all gears are used __________________

06-15-2012, 06:57 AM	#60 (permalink)
mults A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Cleveland, OH Age: 70 Posts: 1,830 Drives: 2010 (40th) #706 Rep Power: 16886	I do it all the time as well. Just cruising around town, I go from 3rd to 6th as long as I am going at leat 35mph . I had a 1994 Pontiac Formula and there was a feature called "skip-shift" that forced you to go from 1st to 4th. They did this to help meet the corporate fuel economy standards. The only way to bypass the skip-shift was to get into the gas more aggressively . I did end up bying an eliminator to get rid of this feature because it was a PITA! __________________ mults 40th Anniversary 'Z', 312.06HP/260.58TQ (Dynosty EcuTek Tune) Build Date/Number: 1/27/2010 #706 Berk HFC + CBE, R2C CAI, Clear Bra, Cleveland Z Club

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04-13-2012, 01:51 PM	#47 (permalink)
ohioZboy Base Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: broadview heights, oh Posts: 33 Drives: 09 Nissan 370z MT Rep Power: 14	well there are 2 reasons why i skip gears... 1) when i'm dropping the clutch and burning out i go from 1st to 3rd because i've seen way too many people lose 2nd gear doing a burnout and shifting into 2nd when the revs are too high. 2) when my girlfriend is in my car, occasionally for some odd reason i have to go from 1st to 4th...you could imagine why

04-13-2012, 04:57 PM	#50 (permalink)
Dwight Frye Enthusiast Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Occupied California Posts: 423 Drives: '09 Tour/Sport/6MT Rep Power: 16	Sure, I do it almost every morning. I'm in 4th doing about 70 when merging into heavy traffic on the freeway and have to get over about 6 lanes before the freeway splits. As soon as I pick a spot and get in the lane I slip directly into 6th gear and back off the gas. No problems.

04-13-2012, 05:13 PM	#51 (permalink)
thtdoodstid Base Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: mile high city Posts: 66 Drives: 09370zRed MT...TRU! Rep Power: 15	I skip gears everyday. I've heard its bad to make it a habbit to skip the same gear repeatedly, just mix it up. Go to a different dealership and don't mention anything, but that its grinding. Get that ish fixed yo!

04-13-2012, 05:17 PM	#52 (permalink)
Z_Girl Base Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: .... Posts: 234 Drives: ... Rep Power: 14	[QUOTE=kenchan;1661358]no.

06-14-2012, 04:19 PM	#55 (permalink)
kenchan A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: N/A Posts: 76,801 Drives: N/A Rep Power: 141521	why bring this up now 2 months later?

06-14-2012, 04:47 PM	#57 (permalink)
SailFree Base Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Yorktown, VA Posts: 173 Drives: 12 370Z GM 7ATS NavS Rep Power: 14	1) Nothing wrong with what you are doing under those circumstances. 2) Missing gears and dropping directly to the one needed while DOWNSHIFTING is the way to go.