Why do some people do this? (overtaking related)

PeterNem said:
No, he's mostly just fed up of all the 17 yo wanna be racing drivers who ignore the fact that what they are doing really is pointless.
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whats it matter to him what i do to my car? why should he get annoyed with it? im not doing it to his car

plus it might help if someone actually explained to me why its pointless
 
In my opinion double de clutch as much as you like. You are only making yourself slower and you make people think your car doesnt even have a synchro. :p

Its pointless as the synchro matches the revs of the engine for you, that was the reasoning for that old method of changing gear for cars with no synchro.
 
saitrix said:
Its pointless as the synchro matches the revs of the engine for you, that was the reasoning for that old method of changing gear for cars with no synchro.
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fair dues, thanks for explaining :)

knowing me i'll still do it anyway (it's a habit now lol)

plus i find gear changing smoother when you do it anyway :D
 
Kamerad said:
I really doubt you would listen.
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:rolleyes: it really bugs me when people say things like that because i've asked why it was pointless, and yet instead of telling me or explaining to me why you simple sit there and do nothing. Because it's completely obvious i want to no why as i've asked but yet you sit there doing nothing, now somebody posted the reason why i have acknowledged it

surely it would have been easier to say why in the first place
 
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Phate said:
:rolleyes:
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Let me guess, fast and the furious or something told you its a good idea to double de clutch, when cars had straight cut gear teath you had to do that to get the next set of gears spinning at the same speed or they would crunch, its totally pointless on a sync mesh system with helical teeth.
 
Firestar_3x said:
Let me guess, fast and the furious or something told you its a good idea to double de clutch.
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Nope if you read what i said ealier you will remember my dad taught me to do it
 
I'm sorry to say but does it really matter?

It's not required, fine, but it can't do any harm surely? In fact it leads to smoother changes as mentioned
 
Its his car so he should be allowed to drive it how he wants to aslong as he doesnt drive like a nob
 
ajgoodfellow said:
I'm sorry to say but does it really matter?

It's not required, fine, but it can't do any harm surely? In fact it leads to smoother changes as mentioned
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You're missing the point I think...

He doesn't need to use the clutch twice for each down shift but can just blip throttle whilst the clutch is dipped changing down normally :)
 
ajgoodfellow said:
I'm sorry to say but does it really matter?

It's not required, fine, but it can't do any harm surely? In fact it leads to smoother changes as mentioned
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Twice the work for the clutch cable, thrust bearing / clutch plate / pressure plate.

No it doesn't matter but i'm curious as to why someone would bother, its like having a car fitted with climate control but never using it and winding the windows down on a hot day.

Mr Joshua said:
It does to a few people on here who have nothing better to do.
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So when somone comes on doing something other consider wrong you don't want anyone to post anything, however you posing a comment like that which helps no-one is alright....

How does that work, if you have nothing to add to the conversation other than trying to stir things up don't post.
 
Enfield said:
He doesn't need to use the clutch twice for each down shift but can just blip throttle whilst the clutch is dipped changing down normally :)
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yes i no i don't need to, but everyone has their driving habits and the way they drive and i was taught to double the clutch so i drive like that :)
 
Mr Joshua said:
Like that you mean?
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It was a serious question actually, wondering why he has passed such a technique down and besides i was part of the conversation with advice and facts, i didn't just burst in with a one liner.

I like your edit on my quote, lets remove the facts so it looks better for you, grow up son, let me refresh your memory -->

Firestar_3x said:
when cars had straight cut gear teath you had to do that to get the next set of gears spinning at the same speed or they would crunch, its totally pointless on a sync mesh system with helical teeth.
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Firestar_3x said:
i didn't just burst in with a one liner.

I like your edit on my quote, lets remove the facts so it looks better for you, grow up son.
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No I was just highlighting the fact that you couldn't resist adding a stupid and pathetic comment to your post.
 
As already suggested, the safest way to deal with it, is to make sure that you're overtaking them at a substantially greater speed, giving them no opportunity to try to take the wiz.
 
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