05-06-2011, 09:24 PM
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Originally Posted by TongMan
I think that the car kind of prevent you from shifting into first gear if your car is still rolling. At least that is true in a manual transmission. I have tried to put the shifter in first while the car was still moving, but the shifter would lock and not be able to go into first gear until I had slowed down to almost a stop.
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Not true. In the 370Z, STi, Scion TC, and many other manual trans cars I have driven I can downshift into 1st gear at 20mph. You just need to rev match the down shift correctly.
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