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10-05-2004, 09:42 AM
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Originally Posted by Nick250
....If you really get the hang of gear matching you can graduate to shifting with no clutch at all. If you get it just right the gear change is like a hot knife through butter. I don't know if it is still true but many truckers did this and never used the clutch except when starting and stopping.
Try THAT with an AT... 
That's interesting about the bike gears, Nick. I didn't know that.
10-05-2004, 10:31 AM
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Originally Posted by ClutchPerformer
And this is the real reason why double clutching is a good skill to have. If your clutch goes, you can still drive your car to the dealer to get it fixed. Try THAT with an AT...
Try THAT with an AT... Oh the fun it was!
BTW, the TSX is a lot easier to shift clutchless (except for the 1-2 and 2-3 gears), though I would not recommend it to anyone who is a novice at shifting. But what happens with trucks is that since they have really close gearing, they can very easily shift through gears and back down without clutching in and out. Most truckers I know never clutch, except for launching in 1st gear. It is one of these guys who taught me the art of clutchless shifting on my old beater back in the day.
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