Thread: Shift Secrets
View Single Post
Old 05-02-2013, 09:11 PM   #35
jmaryt
Banned
 
Join Date: Aug 2012
Drives: 2012 honda civic ex
Location: salem,nh.
Posts: 1,676
Thanks: 299
Thanked 186 Times in 144 Posts
Mentioned: 3 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quote:
Originally Posted by BlaineWasHere View Post
Please explain.

I often shift right from 3rd to 6th when getting on the freeway and I wait for the revs to mach driveline speed before I put it in 6th. It's pretty much exactly the same as a 5th to 6th shift. Actually wouldn't this be less ware as I'm only using 4 gears (and shifts) over 6?
Quote:
Originally Posted by bdub85 View Post
I'll usually go from 4th to 6th when I'm getting on a highway.
yeah! do this as well and have done so for years and years in all manual transmissions i have owned. you are shifting form 4th (power gear) to
6th (overdrive) why go into (direct drive, one to one, 5th) when you can bypass it,and shift less.
jmaryt is offline   Reply With Quote