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Old 04-12-2016, 03:45 PM   #39
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On downshifts, I think I ignore 4th a lot. It is usually 6 > 3 or 5 > 3.

On up-shifts, not enough torque. I feel like you must use every gear to keep acceleration linear. If I did a 4 to 6, I would feel like the engine just died. Going to 5th first prepares me for the disappointment of lugging around in 6th.

With my GTI I always skipped 5th because there was a 200-ish rmp difference between 5th and 6th. In the frs all the gears feel useful to me.
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