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Old 11-20-2013, 07:12 PM   #14
OrbitalEllipses
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Re: smoothness

Been driving this car for a year, and I still manage jerkiness between shifts quite often. Definitely related to how fast the clutch pedal is released and how much gas you're giving it as the clutch re-engages. Had to DD a few weekends ago and drove a bud's Civic SI home; perfect shifts the entire time, no jerkiness between shifts. The BRZ is hard to drive *smoothly* but easy to drive in general.

As @72widebody pointed out, the issue does seem to be with 1-2. At least for me that's where it is most often, but on rare occasion I jerk 2-3 as well. Now, 4-5 is totally different story. Those two gears are so I close I jerk them almost every day on the upshift.

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Originally Posted by BRZ-OwnzJo0 View Post
I never rev match when I downshift. Never. Not even once since I bought the car.
I would never want to be your passenger.
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