This driving technique has to be doing some damage

[mstngracer]

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:tsk::tsk::shrug:

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[akirasan88]

Actually it should not hurt anything if done correctly, in big rigs ( 18 wheelers ) we use the same technique.

 

[TypeTridoron]

Actually it should not hurt anything if done correctly, in big rigs ( 18 wheelers ) we use the same technique.

Yeah, this. The problem is just, well...doing it correctly, heh. Most of the time you're still going to at least cause a bit more wear to the gears than you would using the clutch normally. But hey, if the clutch goes ****-up on you all of a sudden and you can't get a tow, sometimes needs must.

 

[Lsstefan]

Besides what TT said about the clutch, why else would you use this technique?
It's not like you shift faster, on the contrary, you have to shift gently.
I'd rather press the pedal and change it fast.

 

[KilluminatiDre]

So much slower than using the clutch.

 

[akirasan88]

well, in transport industry they are made that way to help drivers with the clutch. Unlike cars, the clutch on industrial trucks takes about 50-75lb lb pressure to engage. as a person who's driven trucks for over 10 years my left knee is no longer what it used to be, so some times i find myself doing clutch less shifts to avoid having stress the left knee. And some times just out of habit.

 

[B-52 Jetman]

Pass on that. Gonna tear up a syncro sooner or later...

 

[bbrilli]

Not something you would do regularly but it is nice to know. I drove an old bimmer home this way once. Over 100 miles with the clutch pedal leaning on the firewall. I would start it in first gear to get rolling then try not to stop again too much. That will also teach you about following distance.

 

[oilfieldtrash]

Cars have syncro big trucks don't. From what I understand it tears car transmissions up shifting like that. And please don't tell me you're perfect at it. I've been driving a big rig for 12 hours a day for quite some time and I still miss some gears sometimes. If someone says they don't they are lying. We shift like that all day long and have 10,13,18 speed transmissions. There is no way in this world someone in a passenger vehicle could ever replicate the amount of practice we get. I've shifted more in the last 6 months than most people will the rest of their lives.

Sorry just get annoyed when people claim they can shift perfectly without a clutch and never miss a shift.

 

[croyde]

I think most of us in the UK shift a hell of a lot more then you folks in the US

Back in my driving for a living days I drove a Transit Van, with a busted reverse gear, for 3 days doing dozens of deliveries around London.

Sure teaches you how to park knowing that you could only go forward when you leave

I have to sympathise about your left knee. Mine used to be so swollen at the end of a 12 hour day in city traffic as in the 80s our vans had a very heavy clutch and no power steering as well, oh and no A/C.

Funnily enough I still drive a manual and have a manual GT V8 on order. My knee might regret that, especially as I'm getting on.

 

[ScottsGT]

I was wondering this just the other day. I remember shifting other cars in the past without using the clutch, but with all the "notchyness" we have been having with the Mustang's transmission I had strong doubts it could be done. And no, I didn't have the balls to try it in mine!

 

[351MachOne]

I've limped home cars where the clutch has given out like this more than once. I used to drive cars for a used car lot to and from auctions.

It isn't ideal, but if you have a firm grasp on where your rev match is in each gear you can make it work just fine.

 

[Khyber]

this car isn't the tranny that's in the nascar mustang xfinity car lol when you only need to clutch to get going and blip without clutch to up and downshift!

I just can't imagine how this won't tear it up.

it's not something I'll be doing. Yall are more than welcome to it though!

 

[Horse]

This is done by a member of this forum, in the following post

Here's a brief overview video I shot of shifting clutchlessly.

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[Horse]

This is the thread where the above video appeared

http://www.mustang6g.com/forums/showthread.php?t=26532

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