A friend of mine told me you could do this...
but he has a mini
and I noticed this guy is also driving a mini
so maybe it's just a mini thing,
but can/do ours do this too? Is it a regualr transmition thing?

YouTube - How to shift without the clutch (clutchless shifting)

 

its highly not recommended. learning your car and making mastering rev matching is extremely needed. also with our transmissions it puts a fair amount of stress on the syncro's. so short answer you can but its not recommend.

 

ive always known this as speed shifting, i havent tried it in my SS but i was able to do this in my mustang i previously owned, u just have to know ur rpms and where to shift, but like outtamymind stated its not recommended

 

With some practice its totally doable. Mess it up and your trans will hate you.

If you really want to learn go buy a $200 junker.

 

ive done it before lol.. my friend didnt believe me i could do it lol

 

I do it every now and then.Its like driving a semi(obviously semi trans are made to shift this way).I did it all the time in my S-10 haha.

 

whats the point with doing it?

 

the clutch is there for a reason..

 

i used to do this all the time in my s10 among a bunch of other dumb stuff that the trans hated like no lift shift.

 

Well in a semi you only need the clutch to take off and downshift.I did it in my s-10 and balt cause I was too lazy to pick my left foot up at the moment haha.I rarely do it in the balt seeing im on the 3rd transmission

 

i do this all the time in my 93 shadow beater car lol

 

You'll probably do it anyway because you probably know more than anybody on this forum, but...

Yeah don't clutchless shift on a transmission with gear synchronisers. Semi drivers get away with it because their transmissions aren't synchronised.

 

like its been said, its not reccomended, but i have done it. I only do it very rarely, and i do it to catch people off gaurd.

 

i do it all the time, it doesnt hurt the car at all when you know how to rev match it.

 

the 2-3 and 3-4 i have down, i cant seems to let the revs get low enough to do the 1-2 and i havent tried the 4-5

 

Naaah, you can downshift without the clutch too. Very easy on a 13 or 18 speed.
PITA on these cars with the computer controlled throttle - very hard to get the rev match just right.

Like someone else pointed out - you only have to miss it once to make your tranny hate you

 

Care to elaborate?

 

^this, if your tryin to learn do it from a beat up /worn out tranny ^_^. you dont need the clutch pedal beside 1st or reverse.

 

I traded in my '93 Shadow for my balt Mine was an automatic though.
That was a really good car, just started brakeing faster then I cold fix it.

If Id have had the garage space, id have kept it.

I still have the Haynes and Chiltons for it..
Want them?