dose anyone skip 2nd n 3rd while not racing?

[yotone]

when im driving around town sometimes i skip 2nd n 3rd, and go from 1st to 4th gear. its a habbit i picked up when i drove a truck. my car seems to have enuff low end power for me to move around in 4th at low rpms. is doing this good or bad for the trasmission?

[Chris325i]

No as long as you're not lugging in 4th. I skip 3rd a lot, wind it out in 2nd then drop into 4th

[Serious]

only when im not granny shifting, and double clutching like im supposed too, ha you almost had me haha.

[NickM3]

No as long as you're not lugging in 4th. I skip 3rd a lot, wind it out in 2nd then drop into 4th

I do that too.

[jimmyz2]

Yes,in my Mom's automatic.

[Daved]

I have never done that and I don't even like how it sounds, isn't it bad for the drivetrain? What do you do when you have to downshift? Back to 1st from 4th?

[eightyseven]

I do 1-3 or 2-4, but never 1-4 but I'm sure its possible.

[6i9]

I have never done that and I don't even like how it sounds, isn't it bad for the drivetrain? What do you do when you have to downshift? Back to 1st from 4th?

I agree. I don't like how it sounds, but whatever.

[332 RustBucket]

My question is why???? To fuggin lazy to shift one more time???

[toddman35]

I usually find myself going 2-4, then back down through all the gears on deceleration.

[habbie]

no... never.. where's the fun in doing that???

[CStricker]

only when im not granny shifting, and double clutching like im supposed too, ha you almost had me haha.

Haha good shit. I laughed for like 3 minutes.

[NickM3]

My question is why???? To fuggin lazy to shift one more time???

Yes.

[fliplap]

I do the 1-2-4 shift if I'm trying to get out of a light quick but not really exceed the speed limit by much. Otherwise I just go 1-2-3-4 shifting around 2500-3000.

[332 RustBucket]

Yes.

Sad....

[Vortec4800]

The Corvette does this for you. If you're just pulling away slowly then a little gate pops out and when you go to shift into second, it guides you into 4th instead. The Vette has enough gut that it doesn't make a difference as long as you're not really driving it hard anyway. You don't even notice it's happening until right after. My friend's brother's Vette does this and while its very strange at first, it's not as bad as it sounds - and can't hurt anything. I don't do it in my car though, not nearly enough power to get up to speed unless I wind it out a bit, especially in the heat of Arizona.

[digger]

i used to go from 1st to 5th, down a slight hill though and reving to 6200rpm in 1st. Yot just wait until the revs drop a bit further than usual.

[Rahul325]

never.

[KritonD]

I read about that corvette doing this, taking u from 1st to 4th if you weren't pushing the car so I decided to try it in my e46 325. i shifted at a normal 3500rpm in 1st to 4th and the car could hardly move, def not enough power in my car to do this. I could skip 2nd I guess, but that no fun, I got a manual to change the gears myself!

[SJTrance]

You know, it's funny how the idea of skipping the shifts sounds bad, but check this out. In manual C5 Corvettes, if you're accelerating conservatively, the shifter will go automatically from 1st to 4th. It's something that Chevrolet did to help in the feul economy or something. However, many people find this very annoying and there is a method to remove it.

[BabyM]

When I read the title I thought you meant downshifting....I do 5-3 all the time

but upshifting I never skip.

[Soup Nazi]

No, 2nd-4th or 1st-3rd.
Reason: saving the clutch.

[332 RustBucket]

No, 2nd-4th or 1st-3rd.
Reason: saving the clutch.

Saving the clutch?? Thanks for the laugh...

[WhiteM32]

This thread is bringing out a lot of retarted tendancies of BF.C members......I wonder if this is how everbody manages to moneyshift there cars.....they are so used to skipping gears at random they forget which goes where and BOOM!!! 4th to first.......

[332 RustBucket]

This thread is bringing out a lot of retarted tendancies of BF.C members......I wonder if this is how everbody manages to moneyshift there cars.....they are so used to skipping gears at random they forget which goes where and BOOM!!! 4th to first.......

KABOOM!!!!