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Originally Posted by Davey So for example if you are on the highway going 60 mph and you take an off ramp with a sharp turn at the end and

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Old 07-27-2012, 04:34 PM   #1 (permalink)
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So for example if you are on the highway going 60 mph and you take an off ramp with a sharp turn at the end and you say "OK, I will need to be in 2nd for that turn, so I will just push the clutch in now and shift to 2nd at 60 mph" you are going to feel significant resustance and doing this often will cause a lot of wear on your synchros.
So what would be the best way? Turn, then downshift to 2nd and accelerate?

This is what I usually do on sharp turns. The thing I don't like about it is I can't accelerate right away after that.
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Agreed. You should be in gear before you turn your wheel. Also, down shifting into 1st at 30mph is a bit excessive - yikes!

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Please dont lol

if you are rolling, stick in second.

a) wont make u look like a "because race car" driver. (noob with a mt)

b) first gear on ALL transmissions is not easily activated at speed. will it? Sure! will your trans enjoy it? no

c) refere to a)
regarding 1st gear: LOL well I never said you should... I said if you "really wanted to you could" I wouldn't recommend it though as the the second gear has plenty of power band to get you up to speed quick
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What is SRM? Not familiar with that abreviation.
To give you guys the exact scenario i go through every day driving home; my street is off of a highway at which i am going 55 to 60 mph, before i get to the turn, i engage the clutch, put it in 3rd, start braking and when i make the turn begin to release the clutch and continue on my way. Well when i shift into 3rd it feels like there is a massive wall
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What is SRM? Not familiar with that abreviation.
To give you guys the exact scenario i go through every day driving home; my street is off of a highway at which i am going 55 to 60 mph, before i get to the turn, i engage the clutch, put it in 3rd, start braking and when i make the turn begin to release the clutch and continue on my way. Well when i shift into 3rd it feels like there is a massive wall
srm = synchro rev match. the system that blips the throttle for u on downshifts on the sport models. wait so 3rd is difficult to get in? i thought it was 1st at speed?
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I have the nav model, not sport, sorry i didnt clarify that. So i dont have SRM.
In my first post i wasnt really thinking, and was just generalizing, i never use first unless i am starting off.
To make it clear i am basically just asking if down shifting hurts the clutch and flywheel?
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To make it clear i am basically just asking if down shifting hurts the clutch and flywheel?
not if you blip and rev match
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The worst thing you can do for your clutch is depressing it slowly to go into gear. You want the clutch and fly wheel to have a quick and almost immidiate contact at the lowest possible RPM to avoid added wear. The more practice the better you become and the feeling will almost replicate the smoothness of an automatic.

High RPMs shifting and downshifting will prematurely wear the clutch regardless whether or not you rev match.
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The worst thing you can do for your clutch is depressing it slowly to go into gear....
Can you explain "depressing it slowly to go into gear"? Are you saying it's bad to depress the clutch slowly while in gear?
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Granny shifting. Not double clutching like you should.
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Granny shifting. Not double clutching like you should.
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perhaps he means riding the clutch
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brake and rev-match downshift to 2nd while straight (setting up for the turn), turn with partial throttle open, once you're through of the apex, open it up.

guys, you are scaring me... you dont know how to drive MT and bought a sports car?!!!
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brake and rev-match downshift to 2nd while straight (setting up for the turn), turn with partial throttle open, once you're through of the apex, open it up.

guys, you are scaring me... you dont know how to drive MT and bought a sports car?!!!
Lol I'd like to take turns at 40+mph if possible

But yeah, I learned to drive MT on this car so there are lots of things I still need to learn.
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