M6 Skipping gears
 

Does it hurt to skip gears? I mean for up-shifting like 4th to 6th. Once I get up to speed I just want to save a few bucks on gas.

Nope, I do it all the time. 1st, 3rd, 6th. Just depends on if I am rolling down hill or expecting to stop soon. Just don't stick with the same exact gears for months on end. Just change to what gear it feels right in.

When I get on the freeway in the morning I have to merge quickly across about 6 lanes to the left as cars coming up behind me are merging towards the right as the freeway splits shortly ahead of where I enter. That means I get on in 4th gear and in a good part of the torque curve, make my moves and as soon as I am comfortably over to the other part of the freeway I shift from 4th to 6th skipping 5th and back off a little. I don't see how this could cause any problems.

:facepalm:That right there is ridiculous. Really a few bucks on gas…. In reality what are you really saving.

Lol! I don't know if it would even save any gas. I just do it cause i'm lazy. When i am REALLY lazy i don't use a clutch but the Z doesn't appreciate that at ALL.

I find this thread so odd why would you skip gears? Its numbered for a reason. How hard is it to go in sequence?

Very difficult... I can only count to 3 so I am really lost. Is it 6th, 4th, then 5th? :stirthepot:

Mishift
 

I am changing my driving habits and slowing down. Shifting 6X's to go from 0..60 is a pain and wear on the clutch and tranny.

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It happens quite often actually. Say you are cruising at 35 mph on 5th gear and you are just rolling to slow down. Personally I would not shift sequentially but just skip to 2nd/3rd. Another example is when you want to accelerate hard out from higher gears, I would go from 6th to 2nd/3rd and step on the gas.

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Think about it...you skip gears all the time when you slow to turn corners. It doesn't hurt the car.

just make sure to hold the clutch in a little longer to let the revs drop more, or you put more wear on the clutch (and it doesn't feel as smooth).

Or let the drops all the way to idle, then blip to rev match before engaging.

7000 rpm in 2nd @ 60mph and shifting to 6th while at like 6000rpm and going 60 mph and you are going to have a bad time.

SRM will take care of all of that for you. It's great for being lazy.

one, two,four, six. Is usually what I do unless it is a situation where I need the gearing.

Other than that most of the time on the race to 40 or 45mph on the city streets, I'm skipping gears. In these situations shifting under 2 grand, damn most of the time by 30mph I'm already in 4th gear.