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Originally Posted by extrashaky

Discussions of driving a manual and using a clutch remind me of that assignment.

I could show somebody in about 10 seconds. I gave up trying to give shifting instructions beyond "don't grasp your knob" a couple of years ago.

Originally Posted by qcbaker

Its not a "glitch" though, its the synchro working as intended...

Look, you're right that double clutching would "fix" the notchy shift. But IMO, that's not the best advice for a someone who said this is their first manual car. We're dealing with an inexperienced manual driver. He might not even know what double clutching is, or how to do it properly for all we know. Plus, this is a modern, synchronized transmission. Double clutching is unnecessary in almost every situation. So, I think spouting off about double clutching to solve a nonexistent 5th gear synchro "glitch" rather than just telling him to shift properly is isn't the best advice for this particular situation.

OP: "My downshift into 5th feels notchy, what do you guys think?

You:

(just jokes, no disrespect intended)



I mean yeah, a 70mph downshift into 5th isn't the best situation to learn how to shift smoothly, but I'm not sitting in the car with the dude teaching him how to drive stick. I'm posting on a forum trying to give him advice on how to make his 70mph downshift into 5th smoother lol.

Also, I don't recall saying to blip in neutral and then move into 5th, so I'm not really sure why you're talking about that.



Yes? That's essentially what I've been saying. But, I emphasized not slamming the shifter into place because the synchro needs an extra quarter second or whatever to do its job. Slam the shifter into 5th: notchy. Gently applying pressure to get the shifter to fall into place: not notchy. Double clutching: also not notchy, but really overcomplicating the issue at hand.

The last vehicle that I had to double clutch was a 1961 Army jeep but that was about 35 years ago. Double clutching a synchro tranny is not needed at any time if you have the revs right. There are many that will argue that point but that is reality. If somebody needs to double clutch all the time they have either broken their transmission or just can't hit the right range of revs.