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Old 12-16-2007 | 04:41 PM
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How do you shift? Shifting Pattern

Does everyone just go thur the gears, ie 1st,2nd 3rd, 4th, 5the etc?
Does anyone sometimes skip gears?
like 2nd, 4th, 6th
So what's your pattern?
Depends on driving conditions?
Old 12-16-2007 | 05:04 PM
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I almost always skip the 5th gear, unless I'm really getting on it.
Just not much difference between 5th and 6th.

I would actually prefer a bigger difference between 5th & 6th (taller 6th?).
My understanding is a taller 6th would lower rpm at highway speeds.
Better gas mileage ... maybe.
Very little increase, if any, I would guess.
Old 12-16-2007 | 05:09 PM
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I skip 3rd and 5th usually....
Old 12-16-2007 | 05:22 PM
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1st, 2nd, 3rd, 6th most of the time
Old 12-16-2007 | 05:23 PM
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i only sometimes skip from 4 to 6 if im on the highway. other than that i always go through them all
Old 12-16-2007 | 05:32 PM
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1-3-2-4-6-5
Old 12-16-2007 | 05:37 PM
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i like to use them all! but i've skipped a few gears out of laziness.
Old 12-16-2007 | 05:41 PM
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Originally Posted by rglbegl
1-3-2-4-6-5
LOL
That's amazing! I've got the same combination on my luggage!
Old 12-16-2007 | 05:41 PM
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I will usually go from 3rd to 6th when getting on the interstate.
Old 12-16-2007 | 07:33 PM
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When I first got the 8, being on my first manual, I was skipping 2nd and 5th occassionally.

Now, I go through all the gears.
Old 12-16-2007 | 07:37 PM
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I usually use all of the gears, but will sometimes skip 3rd and 5th.
Old 12-16-2007 | 07:38 PM
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i skip during daily driving ........no reason i know of to go through all the gears and technically your using up less of your clutch if you skip....definately wouldnt skip while racing though.......maybe turbod guys do?
Old 12-16-2007 | 08:00 PM
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All the gears. If we weren't supposed to use them, they wouldn't be there.

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Old 12-16-2007 | 08:01 PM
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LOL
That's amazing! I've got the same combination on my luggage!
So the combination is one, two, three, four, five? That's the stupidest combination I've ever heard in my life! The kind of thing an idiot would have on his luggage!
Old 12-16-2007 | 08:04 PM
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So the combination is one, two, three, four, five? That's the stupidest combination I've ever heard in my life! The kind of thing an idiot would have on his luggage!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyslexia
Old 12-16-2007 | 08:35 PM
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I usually never skip gears sometimes 5th if any.....
Old 12-16-2007 | 08:50 PM
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Skipping gears is taboo.

J/K....but I usually go through all of mine.
Old 12-16-2007 | 09:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Bastage
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Old 12-16-2007 | 09:22 PM
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Old 12-16-2007 | 09:27 PM
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5th is pretty useless unless you're going uphill
Old 12-16-2007 | 09:33 PM
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My daily redline spot pretty much assures that I am going to skip 4th and 5th.
Don't really redline in 1st, but will run hard thru 2nd and 3rd, then I'm at approx. 85-90mph so right to 6th.
Occasionally I'll miss other gears at given times due to circumstances, but there is so set pattern and not very often.........besides that twice a day redline spot.
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Originally Posted by Bastage
Guess my quote from Spaceballs was a little too obscure.
Old 12-16-2007 | 11:09 PM
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Originally Posted by tidmutt
Guess my quote from Spaceballs was a little too obscure.
LOL!!! No it wasn't! The 'tards just didn't catch it! Plenty others did.
Old 12-16-2007 | 11:17 PM
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NO he did not say that, he said>>>

Originally Posted by tidmutt
So the combination is one, two, three, four, five? That's the stupidest combination I've ever heard in my life! The kind of thing an idiot would have on his luggage!
he said..1 3 2 4 6 5
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Originally Posted by rglbegl View Post
1-3-2-4-6-5
LOL
That's amazing! I've got the same combination on my luggage!
Old 12-16-2007 | 11:21 PM
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[QUOTE=Myardor;2194624]he said..1 3 2 4 6 5
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It's close enough. It's called poetic license.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094012/quotes

Look for the quote by Dark Helmet, part way down the page. Or search for "luggage".

If you've never seen Spaceballs, then you haven't seen one of the classics!

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