Manual gear changing what do you do?

[kingswood country]

When I had the manual I used to flat shift up and down, 3 speeds aren't the easiest box to do it cos you've gotta rev the **** out of them to get a good change, but on the daily commute I'd rarely use the brakes and just downshift with the clutch/engine doing the braking.
I also found if I was heel and toeing down the harder The brakes the better it went into gear.
Oh my p plate days.

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[Dr HaxZaw]

Am i the only person who cant heel and toe unless I've got the brake pedal properly buried? I'll rev match on the downshift but it means coming off the brakes which isnt a big deal

 

[jamesmp]

Clutch in, gear change, clutch out, rev match if required.

You get to know that sweet spot with the clutch as you go along and can put your foot back on the accelerator sooner.

 

[Darren_L]

Am i the only person who cant heel and toe unless I've got the brake pedal properly buried? I'll rev match on the downshift but it means coming off the brakes which isnt a big deal

yeah I struggle with it if I try it on normal braking - because as you side step the throttle with the heel, you naturally tend to push harder on the brake pedal. But on the track, I'm usually hard on the on the brakes during downshifts, so not a problem.
Usually no need for it on the street unless of course you're 'hooning' I just perform normal clutch operation on downshifts on the street

 

[c2105026]

Slowly getting used to Fiesta clutch/gearbox; have figured that the pedal set-up for heel-toe is ideal so I now use that method, albeit only when I am wearing shoes. If I am wearing boots my right ankle isn't flexible enough, so I just 'granny shift'. Or take the auto VB. LOL.

 

[RUN41T]

In the Ss, I would heel-toe downshift at all times...

On the Bike I do the same, But what would you call that

Just easier on the box, smoother...

 

[SpaceYam]

I rev match and use heel-toe in my daily driving. Whatever is appropriate for the situation, sometimes I want to drop it down another gear while I'm braking. The V6 doesn't really need heel toe a lot of the time due to already low revs, but any little buzz box - absolutely.

I double de-clutch if I'm downchanging to a gear with a worn synchro, eg. 1st and 3rd in the 360,000km old Getz gearbox, just to smooth things out a little more. When I got my MR the instructor asked if I knew how, and suggested having a go seeing as some of the synchros in the truck were a bit worn. Of course, when I realised I could happily roll to a stop in 5th it reduced the number of downchanges I was doing.

 

[Loaded Dice]

How hard are you driving in normal street traffic to need to heel - toe? Pointless exercise really IMO. I drive an 18 speed non syncro box every day and the trick is to only use the right hand pedal, if you are on either of the other two - unless you are bringing it to a full stop, you are doing it wrong..

So in the car, same same, sometimes I use the clutch, just depends on the day and my mood, but with or without it, simply bring the engine revs up to match the box revs for a slick shift, but even then, I am rarely on the middle pedal. But thats just me, I like to actually drive the car, not just flog it and pretend I can drive.

 

[SpaceYam]

Heel toe is necessary for braking and changing down smoothly when the main roads where you do the majority of your driving and intersection approaches are either 100km/h or 80km/h. Seeing as the Commodore doesn't have an exhaust brake, I can't just leave it in 5th and roll to a stop, nor is it geared to do so. I usually only heel-toe into second, generally I drop it into 4th or 3rd when I first want to slow down before I actually brake. In the Commodore I can get away without heel-toe into second if I'm slow enough but in the Getz, sure I could fail to heel toe, but then I'd either crash into someone because I've stopped braking or I'd get an awesome granny change going on, which goes against my religious beliefs.

 

[ncass11]

in my landy i usally shift without the clutch in third and fourth gear around small streets, when im wearing my boots there isnt much foot space in the landy so i try to use the clutch the least as possible because it hurts my leg after a bit, but in a normal car i will shift normally with the clutch