Down shiffting from 6 to 5?

[RT87]

Originally Posted by Takuro

It seems like a majority of FRS owners are first time manual transmission drivers.

I don't see why that matters. Everyone starts somewhere.

[BlaineWasHere]

I do this downshift a bunch of times a day. I don't like to pass on the highway in 6th. Silky smooth.

[Enraged21]

Originally Posted by OrbitalEllipses

But you did stay at a Holiday Inn last night.

I'm not sure I get what you're saying

[UMB FR-S]

Originally Posted by Enraged21

I'm not sure I get what you're saying

it was joke .... a funny one unfortunately it was lost on you haha

[Code:Red]

Originally Posted by cfusionpm

I skip gears often. Unless I need a constant connection to the drive line or want to engine brake efficiently, I'll jump from 6 to 4 to 2. I'll also jump up from 3 to 5, 2 to 4 to 6, whatever. That's the nice thing about an H-shifter, you can just put it where you want it and not need to run through them like an auto or sequential. As long as I'm not bogging the car going up hill or something, this works well on flat ground and down hills for daily driving.

I do this sometimes...esp the 3rd to 5th part. It depends on how the revs sound and feel AND my speed in a gear. If I know my revs will be sufficient and I know I'll be cruising in 5th, i'll just go to 5th...still engaging the clutch in between.

[Brzetto]

Don't rev match, you're not Jerry Reed.

[monkeyslide17]

Toke back to toyota, syncros was bad from 6 - 5. They replaced it I got a new transmission. End result I saved 6 thousand dollars. Wow this trans cost to made much.


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[B3yondL]

Definitely not normal. Should get it checked out. Does it grind only when you downshift? That's strange.

Originally Posted by Takuro

It seems like a majority of FRS owners are first time manual transmission drivers.

Yeah, I kinda got that too from some of the threads that pop up/responses I read.

I personally wouldn't buy a brand new car and learn manual on it but to each his own. I know when I first got my car and started learning manual I wouldn't wanna put my FRS through that.

[Turbo95eg6]

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[swpbrz]

I found going from 6th to neutral then to 5th helps the smoothness. For me personally I found the amount my arm has to reach causes to much of a stress to get a reliably smooth one movement shift.

[J_kennington]

Originally Posted by B3yondL

Definitely not normal. Should get it checked out. Does it grind only when you downshift? That's strange.



Yeah, I kinda got that too from some of the threads that pop up/responses I read.

I personally wouldn't buy a brand new car and learn manual on it but to each his own. I know when I first got my car and started learning manual I wouldn't wanna put my FRS through that.

I say the opposite. Learn on a new car, so when you do break something(which 9 out of 10 people will), it's under warranty and free to fix.

[phobos512]

Originally Posted by B3yondL

I personally wouldn't buy a brand new car and learn manual on it but to each his own. I know when I first got my car and started learning manual I wouldn't wanna put my FRS through that.

I'm one of those people. I couldn't learn any other way as I had no other access to a manual car, and I didn't feel comfortable doing it on a test drive with a salesman in the passenger seat "showing me how" as they offered many times.

[billwot]

Originally Posted by J_kennington

I say the opposite. Learn on a new car, so when you do break something(which 9 out of 10 people will), it's under warranty and free to fix.

I taught 3 teenage daughters and a 40 y.o. wife to drive manual trannies...1 in a Midget, 2 in 914s, and my wife in a Fiat Strada. Never broke anything.

It would really be almost impossible to actually break or even seriously damage a modern synchro manual gearbox, or any other part of the drivetrain.

Over the years, I have BADLY abused some vehicles, and the worst I ever did was snap a U-joint.

[Braces]

Originally Posted by billwot

I taught 3 teenage daughters and a 40 y.o. wife to drive manual trannies...1 in a Midget, 2 in 914s, and my wife in a Fiat Strada. Never broke anything.

It would really be almost impossible to actually break or even seriously damage a modern synchro manual gearbox, or any other part of the drivetrain.

Over the years, I have BADLY abused some vehicles, and the worst I ever did was snap a U-joint.

Curious about the stress on the engine, tranny from the eventual engine stalls and slipping the clutch for all those learning the manual. I mean ... do you teach someone in a BRAND NEW CAR?