Manual gear changing what do you do?

[c2105026]

Hello all,

Now I've got the Fiesta I have started to drive a manual again after a 2.5-3 year hiatus. I am curious as to how people change gear on the street? Do you do the full double-declutch/heel and toe, or do you do as minimal as possible? What steps/procedures do people do? There's the way I do it, may not be the best way (I don't double declutch or heel and toe, but I do rev-match out on the open road)

 

[Grennan]

Driving to work?

As little as possible. Hell, I remember when I had the Burson Race Ute, didnt even use the clutch. Bang that thing into gear and she was sweet.

 

[vkberlina]

Depends on the car,

My VK I have heel & toe on back changes else in most cases it wont go into gear smoothly esp second.

Other cars depends on the gearbox, speeds and where its driven.

If its a Fiesta the gears are in a box throw em in and sort em out later

Scott

 

[Tasmaniak]

Anyone who says they constantly heel and toe a daily driver is blowing smoke.

 

[vongy10]

Clutch in, change gear then clutch out and I rev match when changing down so it doesn't jerk. Heel and toe and double clutching is seriously unneccessary for street driving.

 

[Tasmaniak]

I'm with Grennan, often with the Ka I don't bother hitting the clutch (too much hardwork) pull it out and jam it into the next one when the revs sound right....if it doesn't fit... give it another bash!


Ok, so I'm not that bad but I do quite often ignore the clutch. I also drove a Mercedes A-Class years ago that was manual but had no clutch... so when I got rid of it, I sometimes simply forgot! The harsh grinding of my gears soon woke me up to the error of my ways.

 

[Drawnnite]

your supposed to use the clutch in a manual? :hmmm:
thought it was only for taking off.



really though...
clutch goes in. gear gets changed. clutch comes out.
nothing fancy.

 

[Guzzoline addict]

Double the clutch? The only time i did that was when i learnt to drive a truck . No need for it in almost all cars.

 

[rx2_freak]

flatshifting is what its all about

 

[one_and_only2004]

Typically I granny shift rather than double clutch like I'm meant to.
Might explain why my floor pan fell out whilst I was street racing Vin diesel to the train lines last night.