Do you down shift while daily driving?

[HondaEat-R]

Do I really need to quote you again ? ? You just said some ricey type crap, it's not my fault you said it.

You know what keeps brake dust off of rims ?... Water, as in like, a Car Wash...

Keep on down-shifting "to hear your exhaust drone", that's so awesome. It sucks that you have to have other peoples attention to feel good about yourself. You should watch the most recent episode of South Park, you'll know why if you watch it

I'll never get sick of people saying that they use their clutch to lessen the wear on their brakes, it'll always be hilarious to hear that.

 

[xDJ DUBx]

Someone piss in your face or something? wtf. Calm down killer.

How in anyway is liking the tone of your exhaust ricey? Thats half the reason you buy the s*** is cause you like how it sounds right?

You're ricey cause you want to push 15psi to be faster than most, it sucks that you have to have other peoples attention to feel good about yourself.

Yeah, sounds stupid right? (unamused)

 

[zx2man]

well Maybe coyfish just wants to hear his exhaust cause he himself enjoys it..as for the brake dust I just wash my car..and different people will have different driving styles..so it is what it is. Interms of hearing the term rice or ricey all the time..yeah it gets old..and if I recieved a nickle everytime someone said that in the carworld..prabaly would have a good size chunk of dough..though alot of us are guilty of saying it once or twice.

 

[Saskatchewan17]

Keep it on topic guys. That's enough insulting each other.

Anywho. I would downshift more, but I suck balls at heel toe-ing.

 

[carbosam]

No I dont most of the time...useless waster of energy...

 

[xDJ DUBx]

Keep it on topic guys. That's enough insulting each other.

Anywho. I would downshift more, but I suck balls at heel toe-ing.

You don't have to heel-toe to downshift on public streets to rev match, just tap the gas for a half second while in neutral before going into gear.

 

[Saskatchewan17]

You don't have to heel-toe to downshift on public streets to rev match, just tap the gas for a half second while in neutral before going into gear.

I mean while braking... I rev-match down shift all the time when I want to pass someone or am coming up on congested traffic. But when braking for a corner, when you have to heel toe, I just wait till I'm through the corner, or downshift way before I have to start braking.

 

[artanis]

Brake pads are a lot cheaper than clutch kits. Just use your brakes, why would you downshift every gear to slow down ? It's ricey

(squinty)

To reiterate what others have already posted:

1. if you rev-match properly there is absolutely no wear on the clutch
2. it saves gas

 

[cymx5]

Brake pads are a lot cheaper than clutch kits. Just use your brakes, why would you downshift every gear to slow down ? It's ricey(squinty)

To reiterate what others have already posted:

1. if you rev-match properly there is absolutely no wear on the clutch
2. it saves gas

In addition, the folks who drive properly and rev match to downshift aren't thinking "omg, what will the other drivers think of me downshifting?" They are thinking, "I'm going to slow my car down and be in gear to accelerate as needed for my current speed." If someone thinks I'm trying to race them by downshifting, they're a ******* idiot.

As a Mazdaspeed3 note...haven't we seen enough folks blow engines by trying to accelerate in 5th and 6th gear at low revs? ....your thought is 'Save a clutch, blow an engine' HondaEat-R?

 

[Sport6]

In addition, the folks who drive properly and rev match to downshift aren't thinking "omg, what will the other drivers think of me downshifting?" They are thinking, "I'm going to slow my car down and be in gear to accelerate as needed for my current speed." If someone thinks I'm trying to race them by downshifting, they're a ******* idiot.

As a Mazdaspeed3 note...haven't we seen enough folks blow engines by trying to accelerate in 5th and 6th gear at low revs? ....your thought is 'Save a clutch, blow an engine' HondaEat-R?

Haven't heard too many blow from trying to accelerate in 6th (especially not 5th) but its not good and could lead to detonation which could lead to failure down the road if it happens too often.

But to go with the thread, downshift when I stop, also when I come to hills and see the loads go over 50% (Dashhawk)

 

[JDM-P5]

I down shift all the time in the miata....I do it mostly when I want to spool the turbo up quickly or slow down to a stop without killing my brakes.

 

[HondaEat-R]

In addition, the folks who drive properly and rev match to downshift aren't thinking "omg, what will the other drivers think of me downshifting?" They are thinking, "I'm going to slow my car down and be in gear to accelerate as needed for my current speed." If someone thinks I'm trying to race them by downshifting, they're a ******* idiot.

As a Mazdaspeed3 note...haven't we seen enough folks blow engines by trying to accelerate in 5th and 6th gear at low revs? ....your thought is 'Save a clutch, blow an engine' HondaEat-R?

A motor is crap if it's blowing from trying to accelerate in 5th / 6th @ low RPM. Obviously you would downshift in a certain situation. I' am saying that it's silly to downshift every gear when just driving in daily "stop and go" traffic, there's no point. I also already noted that IF you rev-match perfectly, there is no wear on the clutch and syncros. I'm kind of skeptical that most people properly rev match, even though it's simple.

It was / is funny that the one guy here said he downshifts so he can hear his exhaust drone, which is well, pretty stupid.

 

[HondaEat-R]

In addition, the folks who drive properly and rev match to downshift aren't thinking "omg, what will the other drivers think of me downshifting?" They are thinking, "I'm going to slow my car down and be in gear to accelerate as needed for my current speed." If someone thinks I'm trying to race them by downshifting, they're a ******* idiot.

As a Mazdaspeed3 note...haven't we seen enough folks blow engines by trying to accelerate in 5th and 6th gear at low revs? ....your thought is 'Save a clutch, blow an engine' HondaEat-R?

Obviously you would downshift in a certain situation. I' am saying that it's silly to downshift every gear when just driving in daily "stop and go" traffic, there's no point. I also already noted that IF you rev-match perfectly, there is no wear on the clutch and syncros. I'm kind of skeptical that most people properly rev match, even though it's simple.

It was / is funny that the one guy here said he downshifts so he can hear his exhaust drone, which is well, pretty stupid.

 

[HondaEat-R]

In addition, the folks who drive properly and rev match to downshift aren't thinking "omg, what will the other drivers think of me downshifting?" They are thinking, "I'm going to slow my car down and be in gear to accelerate as needed for my current speed." If someone thinks I'm trying to race them by downshifting, they're a ******* idiot.

As a Mazdaspeed3 note...haven't we seen enough folks blow engines by trying to accelerate in 5th and 6th gear at low revs? ....your thought is 'Save a clutch, blow an engine' HondaEat-R?

Obviously you would downshift in a certain situation. I' am saying that it's silly to downshift every gear when just driving in daily "stop and go" traffic, there's no point. I also already noted that IF you rev-match perfectly, there is no wear on the clutch and syncros. I'm kind of skeptical that most people properly rev match, even though it's simple.

It was / is funny that the one guy here said he downshifts so he can hear his exhaust drone, which is well, pretty stupid.

 

[xDJ DUBx]

Triple post ftl

 

[coyfish]

A motor is crap if it's blowing from trying to accelerate in 5th / 6th @ low RPM. Obviously you would downshift in a certain situation. I' am saying that it's silly to downshift every gear when just driving in daily "stop and go" traffic, there's no point. I also already noted that IF you rev-match perfectly, there is no wear on the clutch and syncros. I'm kind of skeptical that most people properly rev match, even though it's simple.

It was / is funny that the one guy here said he downshifts so he can hear his exhaust drone, which is well, pretty stupid.

Sigh . . . are you really that immature ?? Taking what I said out of context.

I think the concensus is clear in this thread. People downshift as needed. It obviously changes in situations. I don't think anyone downshifts under 3rd gear. Causes no wear on the clutch when you rev match properly.

Honestly this is all a bunch of semantics. Even if you brake all the time brakes are cheap. Either way your fine. Your not doing damage.


Do what you wan't with your car but drop the insults. First im a ricer and now your calling me stupid. If liking my exhaust (which is why anyone buys a catback exhaust in the first place) makes me a ricer then so be it. I could care less and I hate "rice." IF someone wants a 10 foot wing on their car then thats fine. I like it because it makes me laugh. I don't critisize others though. ITs not like I said I was hitting the rev limiter in neighborhoods / at red lights.

 

[8.5MS3]

I NEVER DOWNSHIFT. once im in 6th it stays there. even if i stop at a red light. downshifting is BAD. Start in 6th, so much better for the car(yupnope)

 

[bazooka joe]

i downshifted way before the term ricer was in vogue....?(shrug)

 

[xDJ DUBx]

i downshifted way before the term ricer was in vogue....?(shrug)

.........ricer

(evil)

 

[mazdaspeedster3]

This is going to date me but I took drivers education in a manual car. A horizon to be exact. We were told to never go into neutral. It negated your ability to maneuver the car in an emergency if the situation arose. I could see that being a valid point as I have almost been rearended before and because I was able to just eccelerate and get into another lane I avoided the tragedy and the car that was in front of me got hit.