Those with manual transmissions, do you skip shift?

BMW665 · 05-04-2014, 09:41 AM

I skip shift a lot from 1st to 3rd and wonder if others do as well and if so do you see any issues doing this?

ManiacGT · 05-04-2014, 11:49 AM

Issues? Not sure why you'd think there would be, you select an appropriate gear, there's no rule book that you have to go from one gear to the next in line.

jparnes1 · 05-04-2014, 01:45 PM

+1 I do this a lot.

BMW665 · 05-04-2014, 05:28 PM

with the power of the Z4 going from 1st to 3rd seems to work well when in traffic.

Crazykoh · 05-04-2014, 06:52 PM

Back in the day, my dad had a corvette zr1 and it actually had a block that would bump the stick over to fourth when shifting from first under certain conditions. Mostly at slow acceleration to save gas if I remember correctly.

vasmir · 05-04-2014, 11:42 PM

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Originally Posted by ManiacGT

...there's no rule book that you have to go from one gear to the next in line.

+1

My old Z3 had a blown 2nd gear synchro for about a year; went from 1st to 3rd until it was fixed.

cdeslandes · 05-05-2014, 07:46 PM

I occasionally do it from 2nd to 4th, and 4th to 6th.

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