Shifting question.

[gottafesty]

I've been driving sticks shifting without pressing the clutch pedal since, well, I don't know when. I've never trashed a transmission or clutch because of it. I had some mechanic in the army tell me I was going to ruin the clutch in the truck because of shifting that way. I had to quit because he was a sargeant and I wasn't. It was funny, he kept looking over to watch my feet because he couldn't tell if I was using the clutch or not. It was just too smooth. And he was too envious. :lol:

[geezerstiva]

I have had to drive baby car a few times w/out a clutch. Here is how I do it. As the rpm's get REAL close to 3 grand, pull out of gear. B4 they drop below about 2400, go for the gear you want. I can almost always do it very smoothly.....

works great--if you have a tach... :evil:

[geezerstiva]

I have had to drive baby car a few times w/out a clutch. Here is how I do it. As the rpm's get REAL close to 3 grand, pull out of gear. B4 they drop below about 2400, go for the gear you want. I can almost always do it very smoothly.....

[geezerstiva]

sry, wtf happened...? i dont know.

[FB71]

I've driven every manual transmission vehicle I've owned this way. I rarely use the clutch to shift once I'm moving. I don't look at the tach, if I even have one. Ive'put over 200k on an Aspire driving this way, with the original clutch and trans. Let the car tell you whether or not it wants to shift, don't force it. If it doesn't just slip in, blip the throttle, or use use the clutch.

[gottafesty]

works great--if you have a tach...

A tach is not necessary. Increase RPM for down shift. Decrease RPM for upshift. Once you get used to it, it's a piece of cake. And like FB71 says...

Let the car tell you whether or not it wants to shift, don't force it. If it doesn't just slip in, blip the throttle, or use use the clutch.

[sketchman]

works great--if you have a tach...

A tach is not necessary. Increase RPM for down shift. Decrease RPM for upshift. Once you get used to it, it's a piece of cake. And like FB71 says...

Let the car tell you whether or not it wants to shift, don't force it. If it doesn't just slip in, blip the throttle, or use use the clutch.

Indeed. Of the 3 festivas I've had, not one had a tach. Use the ones on the sides of your head.

[Festiva_tunner]

I have a tac only because I power shift and run do hand brake tricks that rely on certain RPMs

[25Horseplay]

^^Its true, I seen it!

[jglutz]

Let the car tell you whether or not it wants to shift, don't force it.

How true...I've taught a bunch of people to drive stick and it erks me to no end when they ask "at what speed do I shift"....ITS SOMETHING YOU FEEL...

These are the types of drivers whom wouldn't know if they weren't hitting on all cylinders...driving or not.

[gottafesty]

These are the types of drivers whom wouldn't know if they weren't hitting on all cylinders...driving or not.

HAHAHA

[Festiva_tunner]

^^Its true, I seen it!

I took this guy who though he was big stuff on a ride did a couple of reversies and slid the corners balling the tires each time and He said it was the best ride of his life, and that he was envious now . . lol

[gottafesty]

I took this guy who though he was big stuff on a ride

The guy wasn't horseplay was it? :lol:

[scitzz]

I haven't always had a tach, but I have always driven this way. I learned back when I was 19, and the clutch was going on a company car I drove, the owner taught me. I still use a clutch when I am delivering, I am in too much of a hurry to play with it then. For normal driving though, I am clutch less except to start. Twice, I have had to drive with no clutch to start, come to a stoplight, turn off engine, put in 1st, turn ign switch, rabbit hop to get rolling, and away I go! If you are not on a steep hill, do it in 2nd, and you don't really hop at all in a festy!

[25Horseplay]

I took this guy who though he was big stuff on a ride

The guy wasn't horseplay was it? :lol:

No. I just witnessed his skills at Ohiostiva last year.