03-12-2009, 09:41 PM
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Originally Posted by k.alexander
I havent autocrossed in the last few years, but when I did autox, almost every course (I'd say 9 out of 10) called for and were probably best to do just in 2nd gear; even on a manual car, which is what I always autox'ed, you'd lose too much time trying to downshift to 1st just to later upshift to 2nd, and there was never a need for 3rd.
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On our courses here; we do have courses "open" enough that an occasional shift to 3rd is helpful but generally you are right, once you get to 2nd that's usually where you stay. 
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