Has anyone else besides me, while shifting, being at the top of 4th, looking for 5th and hit 3rd? I did. The car hit 7500 RPM to 8000 for about half a sec as I put it back to neutral as soon as it happend. Still runs fine and I had 3 different mechanics listen to the engine and as far as they can tell, everything seems to be ok.

Has anyone else done this on accident?

 

when i was first learning to drive standard i did it once but it wasn't in this car.

 

Well I ment in this car.

 

No never...I would suggest slowing down a little bit with your shifting. I have how ever thought I was in 1st and I was on 3rd

 

Yeah well I forgot to mention that I was racing a Suburu WRX Sti, whos car looked modded and tuned. Forgot to mention I left him and then let him catch up and then I was following him until my exit off the freeway. During which I was following him I did that top of 4th to 3rd. So yeah slowing down on the shifting would have been a good Idea if I was doing normal driving.

 

even racing i would say slow a down a little just my 2 cents

 

No while racing, though - just "leisurely" shifting and managed to find 3rd. It was sub 70 MPH, so no worries about damage to the car - just to the ego.

I have also done the First , Second , Third, Second ! before, although not in this car.

***** happens, I suppose.


Britt

 

I did a 2nd to 5th shift when attempting NLS for the first time. I've been driving manual from a long time and the NLS messes with your head at first. I try not to practice it very often so when driving my camaro i don't try it on accident.

 

I can't believe you were racing at a high enough speed to need to shift out of 4th. That's just crazy. Please don't kill anyone.

 

I know this happens sometimes but you should avoid this at all cost. This type of mistake will cause one of two things if your unlucky. 1 Rip the lining off the clutch disk. 2 bounce the valves off the pistons, shatter the lifters and kick 3/4's of the rockers off. 3, split the balance shafts in two. Number 2 and 3 is very ugly.