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Originally Posted by 97AcuraCL
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Either way I'm fucked outta $1300
Either way I'm fucked outta $1300
Next time try not being a idiot.
To add some relevance to my post tho, you used to be able to skip gears on most older cars/ trucks, but anymore its not a good idea. Remeber you arent driving a old farm truck.
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I go from 4th to 6th all the time, or 2nd to 4th in a neighborhood, and sometimes 3rd to 6th. I have my fun getting up to speed, but once I'm there, there's no reason to visit the other gears just for the sake of shifting. I let the revs fall as needed and let out the clutch. I guess that's rev matching. It's only like a 1/2 second longer on the clutch so it feels pretty fluid.
If I'm accelerating really lightly, I'll use all the gears.
If I'm accelerating really lightly, I'll use all the gears.
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I see absolutely no reason why, if I'm gunning it in 4th up an on-ramp on the expressway all the way up to 60-65 MPH, press the clutch, shift to 6th, and let the RPMs fall to about 3K before engaging the clutch (which would be the normal RPM/MPH combo if I were cruising at that speed) why that would harm anything. The synchros are doing minimal work, they're correcting the layshaft/driveshaft RPM mismatch by less than 1K RPM. How would that wear thru anything?
Same with a 2nd-4th hop I do all the time. Yes, 1st to 3rd is rough and not practical, and 3rd to 5th takes a little doing, but the gears on a TSX are pretty close together. As long as you ease off the gas so the RPMs have fallen when you re-engage the clutch, I don't see how any of this would cause a problem.
Or am I on crack?
Same with a 2nd-4th hop I do all the time. Yes, 1st to 3rd is rough and not practical, and 3rd to 5th takes a little doing, but the gears on a TSX are pretty close together. As long as you ease off the gas so the RPMs have fallen when you re-engage the clutch, I don't see how any of this would cause a problem.
Or am I on crack?
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Originally Posted by TaliesinWI
I see absolutely no reason why, if I'm gunning it in 4th up an on-ramp on the expressway all the way up to 60-65 MPH, press the clutch, shift to 6th, and let the RPMs fall to about 3K before engaging the clutch (which would be the normal RPM/MPH combo if I were cruising at that speed) why that would harm anything. The synchros are doing minimal work, they're correcting the layshaft/driveshaft RPM mismatch by less than 1K RPM. How would that wear thru anything?
Same with a 2nd-4th hop I do all the time. Yes, 1st to 3rd is rough and not practical, and 3rd to 5th takes a little doing, but the gears on a TSX are pretty close together. As long as you ease off the gas so the RPMs fall when you re-engage the clutch, I don't see how any of this would cause a problem.
Or am I on crack?
Same with a 2nd-4th hop I do all the time. Yes, 1st to 3rd is rough and not practical, and 3rd to 5th takes a little doing, but the gears on a TSX are pretty close together. As long as you ease off the gas so the RPMs fall when you re-engage the clutch, I don't see how any of this would cause a problem.
Or am I on crack?
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Originally Posted by TSX.Fury
Ok I'm going out on a limb here agreeing with the noob but I have to agree... as long as you let the RPMs fall. There is no difference between that and shifting through every gear.
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Originally Posted by TaliesinWI
Except I've been on the forum since November 2002 when I bought my CL. I'm only a TSX noob, not a forum noob. ![Smile](https://acurazine.com/forums/images/smilies/smile.gif)
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Originally Posted by TSX.Fury
damn and just made your first post??
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Originally Posted by TSX.Fury
damn and just made your first post??
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Originally Posted by TaliesinWI
Thanks, but it's at least nice to know I'm (probably) not abusing a transmission on a car that isn't technically mine (I'm leasing it.) I always thought the point of buying a manual transmission is that you didn't have to saw thru all the gears in all situations.
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Originally Posted by TSX.Fury
Ok I'm going out on a limb here agreeing with the noob but I have to agree... as long as you let the RPMs fall. There is no difference between that and shifting through every gear.
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The amount of confusion about shifting techniques always surprises me! Anyway back to the topic....yes, I do skip gears once in a while, both upshifting and downshifting. My rule is "if I skip a gear, I double clutch." That minimizes wear on the synchros, and as most people have been saying, rev-matching is definately in order.
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