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frosty86 · 10-03-2012, 08:53 AM

Let's have a correct driving method thread. I'm starting this thread for educational reference so please leave the elitist attitude out the door (unless you're the real michael schumacher).

Question Examples:

Shifting point for comfort/performance driving
What gear to be in for what speed
RPM band:MPH
Different methods to downshift/upshift
What to do when losing control

I guess i'll start.

What I would want to learn is how to downshift smoothly and properly. I've heard of...

heel-to-toe (which I can't do yet because my foot doesn't bend that way..yet)
double clutching (confirmed to be useless for cars with synchro)

Since lots of highway exits in Hawaii are so short/close/narrow and I can't do the two listed above in that short amount of time... I use my own improvised method, which is shifting down into gear, tapping the gas (rev-match) while clutch is fully pressed and then gently releasing the clutch (this cant be good in the long run can it?). My main issue is doing this on the highway where I need to rapidly go down from 5th > 4th > 3rd on the exit(s). Low speed city driving isn't much of an issue. Do you know any other way till I master either heel-to-toe or double clutching? I'd hate to damage my car.

edit: thanks for the answers guys, I got better understanding of it now.

10-03-2012, 08:53 AM	#1
frosty86 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Drives: '13 FR-S (Whiteout) Manual Location: Hawaii Posts: 247 Thanks: 73 Thanked 164 Times in 72 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Manual driving method Let's have a correct driving method thread. I'm starting this thread for educational reference so please leave the elitist attitude out the door (unless you're the real michael schumacher). Question Examples: Shifting point for comfort/performance driving What gear to be in for what speed RPM band:MPH Different methods to downshift/upshift What to do when losing control I guess i'll start. What I would want to learn is how to downshift smoothly and properly. I've heard of... heel-to-toe (which I can't do yet because my foot doesn't bend that way..yet) double clutching (confirmed to be useless for cars with synchro) Since lots of highway exits in Hawaii are so short/close/narrow and I can't do the two listed above in that short amount of time... I use my own improvised method, which is shifting down into gear, tapping the gas (rev-match) while clutch is fully pressed and then gently releasing the clutch (this cant be good in the long run can it?). My main issue is doing this on the highway where I need to rapidly go down from 5th > 4th > 3rd on the exit(s). Low speed city driving isn't much of an issue. Do you know any other way till I master either heel-to-toe or double clutching? I'd hate to damage my car. edit: thanks for the answers guys, I got better understanding of it now. Last edited by frosty86; 10-03-2012 at 10:25 AM.