RED MX5

I see two possibilities.

1) All the Hondas he's ever owned were clapped out and had defective transmissions.

2) The guy can't drive.

Can anyone else think of any other possibilities?

xviper

Maybe he's running at high rpm in that gear before he downshifts, which means that his car is protecting him from his own stupidity (mechanical over-rev).

Eluded

honda's aren't notorious for clanky shifts.

RED MX5

That would be #2.

svatne

I regularly double clutch when downshifting at speed, i.e. slowing for a stop or downshifting for a turn while driving fast, and have always had very smooth results - including into first gear.
When I had my Alfa Romeo Spider ('74) I used to practice clutchless shifting by matching revs. Wasn't hard at all. I haven't tried that on my S2, and have not intentions of doing so :-)

RED MX5

[QUOTE=svatne,Mar 15 2006, 11:01 PM]I regularly double clutch when downshifting at speed, i.e. slowing for a stop or downshifting for a turn while driving fast, and have always had very smooth results - including into first gear.

Wisconsin S2k

double clutching does nothing for modern cars that have synchros.

xviper

We must also consider the distinct possibility that those who say they do on a routine basis, may not actually know what "double clutching" really is. They may simply think that's what they're doing but in reality, aren't.
We hear so often from some guys that once they got "double clutching" down, it doesn't take any more time than not double clutching. Well, this is impossible. A double clutch involves at least 2 additional SETS of motions. This WILL take more time than if you didn't have those motions. You can't defy the time/space continuum.
Oh, and if you don't really know what "double clutching" is, I'm not going to detail it here. This has been done dozens of times on this forum. I'm sure you can find out at "HowStuffWorks".

And another Oh! I've gone with someone who claimed he was always double clutching and observed. I couldn't help from laughing my ass off and keeping a straight face when I told him ....................... Um, not even close!

smurf2k

im convinced that a good 90% of people who claim to know this stuff are actually very ignorant about it, so i pretty much stay away from arguments about its mechanics

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