Do you down shift while daily driving?

[LukeP]

don't know what you're talking about, but my gixxer 600 easily pushed me forward in my seat when i blipped the throttle up and dropped gears in high rpms. all those rpms with the throttle plate closed really forces the rpms (and therefore speed) to drop rapidly

Same here, I have a brand new 2009 CRF honda enduro and it engine brakes super hard. I'm not revving it much either, enduro motors are all ohv single valve torque. At least this one is.

EDIT: Roommate has a Yammy 250 and it engine brakes just as forcefully.

 

[carbosam]

Now that is funny. I'm very glad you've yet to experience brake fade, but drive like you advocated in the first post and you soon will. As you gain driving experience, you will come to understand that I do know a thing or two.

In the mean time be careful what you post, someone may mistake it for sound advice. (wedge)

So you are really THAT guy...

Using your brake for braking is just fine...

Is it yourself your trying to convince here or something?

 

[s-retire]

So you are really THAT guy...

What "THAT guy"

Using your brake for braking is just fine...

True

Is it yourself your trying to convince here or something?

I'm not sure what you are suggesting or asking. Please elaborate.

 

[xDJ DUBx]

This subject has been beaten to death already.

 

[cymx5]

I try not to upshift while daily driving. I stick to the lowest gear possible for the speed limit, then just ride the high revs up and down as needed. Why do more work shifting than you have to?

 

[Wagonbacker9]

I try not to upshift while daily driving. I stick to the lowest gear possible for the speed limit, then just ride the high revs up and down as needed. Why do more work shifting than you have to?

to keep your engine in a tolerable RPM range?

 

[07speed3]

I down shift and rev match everywhere i go...that might have something to do with the fact my front brakes lasted 70k miles and im at 80k on the stock rear brakes!

 

[60181]

I sometime will downshift when approaching a light with lots of traffic around. However, I still think hitting the brakes is easier and safer. By safer, I mean I'm alerting traffic behind me that I'm slowing down vs them not perhaps noticiing it as much.

There are many times though where if I'm driving and coming up to a light without much traffic, I'll just put the car in neutral and coast. IMO, the car slows down enough just fine and if for any reason I need to get out of the way of something, I can just pop back into gear just the same.

Pesonally, I just hit the brakes and shift back into the appropriate gear when needed. When taking turns I rarely shift all the way down to 2nd in the MS3. 2nd to me is a pretty low gear and at anything over 20mph it's just too low unless. I rarely need to rocket out of a turn like that. 3rd is perfect. The only time I'll hit second is if I'm wanting to have fun or if I'm rolling between 2-10mph.

 

[zinger002]

I try not to upshift while daily driving. I stick to the lowest gear possible for the speed limit, then just ride the high revs up and down as needed. Why do more work shifting than you have to?

to save gas, well atleast a little...


When crusing i stay in whatever gear till about 1200 rpm when slowing down for the purpouse of saving gas.
When driving like a ricer i rev-match and brake as hard as my car possibly can. lol.

 

[SBSPEED3]

i down shift and double clutch to 3rd usually, then just shift to neutral to come to a stop.
if traffic slows suddenly in front of me i will engine brake while on slowing down using the standard brakes.
usually i am lazy, and dont actually "double clutch" i will usually just blip the throttle while clutch is in and i am switching gears. does this put extra stress on anything (more than actually letting off the clutch in neutral, blipping the throttle, clutch in, shifting to lower gear)?

 

[Wagonbacker9]

double clutching is pretty much dated and pointless unless your syncros are going out...

 

[ForceFed]

i down shift and double clutch to 3rd usually,

YOu own copies of each Fast and the Furious dont you?

 

[xDJ DUBx]

I own all 4, lol

 

[cymx5]

I down shift and rev match everywhere i go...that might have something to do with the fact my front brakes lasted 70k miles and im at 80k on the stock rear brakes!

Man, you must have replaced your clutch and transmission like...i donno...4 times by now

 

[Wagonbacker9]

Man, you must have replaced your clutch and transmission like...i donno...4 times by now

my dad and I both downshifted very regularly on the car I learned stick on.. 188K, OEM clutch and trans.

 

[Guest20182]

Can someone explain why downshifting is bad? I'm lost? I would assume if you can do up in gears with no issue, you should be able to go down?

 

[xDJ DUBx]

Why is this thread still open? Ppl are just repeating other ppl now.

 

[SBSPEED3]

YOu own copies of each Fast and the Furious dont you?

lol well i do double clutch in drag races all the time!!! and i could use about 20 gallons of NOS!!!

idk, i guess you would call it rev matching (by blipping the throttle while clutch is in during down shifting).

and no, i do not own the F&F series, i do really like the one where they put a nissan motor in an old mustang fastback... that was a really clever idea... (hand)

 

[07speed3]

Man, you must have replaced your clutch and transmission like...i donno...4 times by now

actually no...still good to go(thumb)

 

[Knox Joe]

Can someone explain why downshifting is bad? I'm lost? I would assume if you can do up in gears with no issue, you should be able to go down?

It isn't. Why would Nissan add Rev match to their 370Z if it was?

People who don't rev match = (screwy)