02-04-2013, 03:50 PM | #29 |
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It all depends... Sometimes I hit all the gears, sometimes I start in second, sometimes I go from 3-6. I just love being able to row my own gears.
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02-04-2013, 04:11 PM | #30 |
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I usually will skip 5th. I only use it when I want to be economical but the flow of traffic makes 6th to much.
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02-04-2013, 04:41 PM | #31 |
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You guys paid for 6 gears you should be using them all. No sense in having 5 worn out gears and one good one left in the tranny! JK! LOL!
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02-04-2013, 05:09 PM | #32 |
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Since I have a V6 I don't skip, but I remember reading in the owner's manual that V8 models have a skip feature built in. Maybe if I had a V8 I might, but it feels just right rowing through each and every gear on the V6.
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02-04-2013, 06:10 PM | #33 |
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I don't skip gears, that seems un natural
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02-04-2013, 06:19 PM | #34 |
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Situational...depending on road conditions and the traction you want to translate from your rightfoot/wheel/road
Butt...if you want to pass that car in front of you on the roadcourse...match the RPM w/speed entering the turn to utilize your powerband and zip by him |
02-04-2013, 06:50 PM | #35 |
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I skip gears all the time. I'll go 0-42ish in 1-2 and skip to 5th if I'm the first car at a stoplight. I skip 4th quite a bit, because I'll shit into 3rd around 22-23 mph and get up to 40+ from there and skip to 5th.
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Skip gears all the time. It would be rare for me not to skip.
Upshifting, downshifting, I just grab the gear the best fits the situation. Hell, there are 6 forward gears to choose from and buttloads of torque - LOL !!!
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02-04-2013, 07:04 PM | #37 |
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I don't get it, why didn't you buy an automatic if you don't want to work her through ?
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Yup, you don't get it...
I've been shifting gears for 45 years, I just somehow know which gear is the right one to select to match the conditions. Running up and then down all the gears is for amateurs... J.K. NOT !!!
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Except when consciously holding the revs down on a cold engine, I rarely even glance at the tach. I suspect that I keep my engine running in a slightly tighter range of rpm for whatever the level of enthusiasm of the moment is, and I then select gears in accordance with that. Maybe that's a hold-over from a fair amount of motorcycle and "10-speed" bicycle riding in years past, but it is what it is. Norm |
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02-04-2013, 08:47 PM | #40 |
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1, 4, 6 or sometimes 1, 2, 4, 6
only when gettin' on it do I hit all the gears and 3rd more often gets used as passing gear from 6th than when up-shifting.
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