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There's nothing wrong with downshifting a car into 1st gear. Some of you guys are making it sound like it is strictly forbidden and that you'll grenade your tranny if you do it.
First gear is synchronized, so the synchro will do its job and allow you to downshift into 1st gear if you really want to. But other than really low speed driving, why would anyone bother downshifting into 1st gear? The only time I do it is if I'm in heavy traffic or maybe in a parking lot. Other than that, I don't really find any reason to downshift into first gear. If I'm going too slow for 2nd gear, I'll almost always just pop into neutral and coast to a stop.
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