View Poll Results: Is skipping gears bad?

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  • YES, downshifting and skipping a gear is bad

    6 15.00%
  • YES, upshifting and skipping a gear is bad

    4 10.00%
  • YES, BOTH upshifting and downshifting and skipping a gear is bad

    2 5.00%
  • NO, it does not harm your transmission in any way as long as you don't jam it into gear

    28 70.00%
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Thread: Is it bad to skip a gear when shifting a manual tranny?

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    Skipping gears is not any differant than going to the next one down or next one up...as long as you're not jamming it into gear or bouncing it off the rev limiter when you downshift that is

    Revmatching just provides smoother downshifts

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    i always go from 6th(80mph) to 1st..you gotta jam it in a lil..but it's awsome!

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