who has gears they dont use :P

sam83uk · 11 Jun 2007 at 17:41

i never use 4th, if im comming into slip road i just accelerate in 3rd and stick it straight into 5th. slowing down to junction straight from 5th to 2nd then 1st if needed. if comming to roundabout ill put it into 3rd from 5th

[TW]Fox · 11 Jun 2007 at 17:41

I find 4th is really handy for accelerating quickly towards my 155mph speed limiter. Just takes too long in 5th.

Oblivious · 11 Jun 2007 at 17:42

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"andy" · 11 Jun 2007 at 17:42

1 because it doesnt really work

car is ******

makes lots of things near impossible ,month and a half left with it

HEADRAT · 11 Jun 2007 at 17:43

I tend to go from 4th to 6th, don't use 5th much.

HEADRAT

Zip · 11 Jun 2007 at 17:43

slowing down to junction straight from 5th to 2nd

You are either melting your clutch or your car is ****ing gutless

"andy" · 11 Jun 2007 at 17:44

he probably means he just presses down the clutch pedal and brakes till an appropriate speed , you never know with this guy though

sam83uk · 11 Jun 2007 at 17:46

i break first! i swear i borderline stalling it in 5th though!

Jez · 11 Jun 2007 at 17:46

4th was broken on my leon for around 40,000 miles, so out of habbit i dont tent to use it much as i had to get used to missing it out :/

[TW]Fox · 11 Jun 2007 at 17:47

Zip said:
You are either melting your clutch or your car is ****ing gutless

Or he's simply depressing the clutch as he brakes :confused:

TripleT · 11 Jun 2007 at 17:48

All the time. Sometimes I go 1st > 2nd > 4th > 6th. Or 1st > 3rd > 5th. Or...

Basically I skip gears quite a lot

sam83uk · 11 Jun 2007 at 17:54

my car is gutless fiesta zetec with k&n air filter panel (ZOMG!!!)

nutcase · 11 Jun 2007 at 17:55

I chop and change between various vehicles. Most have 5 gears, but my car has 4 and a VW tank thing has 6. I not so much don't use gears, but try and use ones that don't exist! The van I use the most has reverse where 6th is in the dub. Scares *** hell out of people behind me when I get carried away!

Iamzod · 11 Jun 2007 at 18:00

Zip said:
You are either melting your clutch or your car is ****ing gutless

Why does his car have to be gutless to go from 5th to 2nd or be melting the clutch? :confused:

Glaucus · 11 Jun 2007 at 18:00

I deff use all my gears and with the complete rev range.

Lopéz · 11 Jun 2007 at 18:03

When I'm in laz-o-tronic mode I often do 1st 3rd 5th. Almost never skip gears on the way down though.

Zip · 11 Jun 2007 at 18:05

Iamzod said:
Why does his car have to be gutless to go from 5th to 2nd or be melting the clutch?

I didnt reliese he was holding the clutch in

I thought he ment he was engine braking which his clutch would hate that

Or going from 5th-2nd in a car with any kind of power can cause lock ups of the wheels

Vibez · 11 Jun 2007 at 18:12

[TW]Fox said:
I find 4th is really handy for accelerating quickly towards my 155mph speed limiter. Just takes too long in 5th.

+10 man points

Simon · 11 Jun 2007 at 18:13

Block changing up makes the syncros work a lot harder, best avoided really.

I use all the gears when going up the box

Iamzod · 11 Jun 2007 at 18:13

Zip said:
I thought he ment he was engine braking which his clutch would hate that

Or going from 5th-2nd in a car with any kind of power can cause lock ups of the wheels

Why would the engines power output matter though? i thought it would only matter if it was something that was slow to gain or lose RPM so long as you dont instantly let the clutch out but do it over a second or so.

The rover 220D that i drive does this and it only has 80ish BHp, let the clutch out in 2nd at any sort of speed and it tries to force feed you the steering wheel as it's like slamming the brakes on.