A question to those of you with a manual transmission. Do you ever skip a gear? Say you are easily shifting through the gears and get to about 50 mph
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Skip a gear?
A question to those of you with a manual transmission.
Do you ever skip a gear? Say you are easily shifting through the gears and get to about 50 mph in 4th, do you just skip 5th and go right to 6th?
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That would make the other gears jealous...
seriously, I only skip a gear during aggressive downshifts.
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I do it all the time. If I'm accelerating quickly up to ~45 mph I'll usually short shift 1st to 2nd... somtimes third... then I'll go straight into 5th.
If you are already at your desired cruising speed in, say, 3rd, gear, there's no reason to go 3-4-5 or 3-4-5-6... Just jump to the gear you want to be in. Same thing for downshifting...
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i just start in 6th, go through clutches pretty quick though
but really i will usually go from 3rd or 4th to 6th when entering highway. Never any issue, nor can I think of a reason for there to be one.
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I have called another dealer and explained what is happening and they agree with me that while it may not be the norm to skip it should not grind. I have been driving manual transmission cars for 20 years and have never had a problem doing this. I am out of town so a friend is going to pick up my car and bring it to the other dealer. The service manager tried to tell me that the 370z transmission is a whole different animal because of the syncro-rev match.
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I haven't got my 370 yet, but I really don't see why it should be a problem. I've skipped gears in all my cars so far, for similar reasons as mentioned above, and never had a problem. On the other hand, I've had problems with a few of my cars with second gear just refusing to engage on a downshift. Even on relaxed downshifts - very slow speed, too fast for first but too slow for third (such as on approach to a traffic light that just changed from red to green), i try to shift down and it just won't go in. I have to lift and re-engage the clutch. Has anyone else ever had this? What's that about? |
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