8-Pack

HMM most of those three pages are about m6 vs a4 and the usual stuff that goes along with that. Wasnt trying to get that started, think you misunderstood me. Just saying that I cant see why you would do that but then again I havent ever done autocrossing.

P Mack

iTrader: (6)

Yeah, i've had to do that twice when i blew my slave cylinder and the clutch pedal stuck to the floor. It's not really as hard as it sounds.

DamanSS

But, does regular downshifting really hurt the trani that much?

B T

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Wasnt trying to get that started, think you misunderstood me.
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No problem, I didn't want to go down that road either, I just thought I would include the link if you wanted to see the "whole context" behind the cliff notes.

All I can tell you is, when "I" go into or try and make a hard tight corner and have to slow down, I don't want to just be using the brakes to make the corner with the engine "loose" in the gear I don't need it to be in to help me exit the corner if down shifting (with the CPU ) might cause the car to be a little unstable instead of smooth. like a stick shift is.

8-Pack

No if you do it right. For one if it takes an excessive amount of force to get into the gear you want let the clutch out, rev the engine, put the clutch in and as the rpm fall you will feel it slide right in. Most of the time all you have to do is just bring the rpms up with the clutch in but sometimes it wont coperate. Thats the best way I have found.

Mike 01WS6

Double clutching, is a counter-intuitive term. It is shifting WITHOUT use of the clutch. If the RPMs are at the right speed, you can use it on an upshift or a downshift. It will simply slide into gear with no resistance. But the RPM has to match the wheel speed of the gear you are wanting to go into.

FrankSS

iTrader: (18)

what mike said. ive driven semi trucks before, and thats how u get used to doing it, b/c if u use the clutch for 13 shifts, your left leg will get very tired with the heavy cluthes they have