To the guys and gals who own a daily driven manual third gen. Out of curiosity, at what point/RPM do you shift gears? 2,000? 5k? Do you shift by ear? Or whatever feels right?

 

When it hits red, and not a second sooner.

 

Depends on if your having an adrenaline rush or if your trying to conserve gas. I usually shift by ear (2500) to get good gas mileage. But when I decide to act a fool on the highway its (5500). Can't wait to get my JWT next week then it will all change. This is a good question if you ask me.

 

For me it depends on how fast i want to accelerate.. lately ive been shifting sooner to keep the revs down since i have a loud exhaust leak right after the cat

 

^^ what he said.
I frequently find myself redlining it gettinng on the highway (or once on the highway, passing the #$@$ idiot on her cell phone, eating a breakfast burrito, reading a book, and applying makeup, getting on the hiway at 30mph)

I also frequently shift around town at 28xx

 

i shift at 2800 to 3k when im not pushing it and redline 1st 6k 2nd 5500 the rest

 

You almost had me? You never had me - you never had your car... Granny shiftin' not double clutchin' like you should. You're lucky that hundred shot of NOS didn't blow the welds on the intake! You almost had me?

 

Right after I eat and sleep.....

 

I just stay in first all the time.




JK, it varies..

 

i hate nondriving ******* luckly the max can get up fast torque rules

 

WTF! Ok Vin Deisel

 

I do it by listen or at 2500rpm

 

ive driven lots of different stickshifts, it depends. ive driven some Hondas that you can easily get to 4k no problem, the Supra takes forever to even get to 3k (might be the U joints being bad or else its just slow as hell), but otherwise i just listen and glance at the tach

3rd gen was automatic but i always rode it out to about 3-4k, im surprised the RF tranny lasted so long the way i drove it lol

 

things wrong with that F&F quote-

1. granny shifting= shifting slow as hell, like slowly press down the clutch, wait 3 seconds, shift, slowly let out the clutch. doubt he was doing that

2. really only old *** unsynchroed vehicles and unsynchroed semis need to be double clutched on upshifts

3. dont have to double clutch even on downshifts like everyone goes on a tandem about if your synchros are good

 

It's in the damn handbook. The handbook tells you what the proper shifting points are. Once you know what they are you can knucklehead it like most people do...redline blah . That's why I don't let nobody drive my cars.

 

redlining it isnt that bad for the tranny, its actually easier on automatics to shift at a higher RPM vs lower

 

redlining is only bad if you keep it there, or if you're concerned about fuel.
handbook guidelines are for improved fuel efficiency, not for ideal driving in every condition.
Since I don't keep it there, nor does somebody else not pay for fuel, the 270k on the clock say it doesn't matter.

 

yeah the handbook has alot of bad info, 2nd gen ones say even if its -30 out the car only needs a 30 second warmup

any normal person knows outside in that weather you need at least a 5 minute warmup

 

You've driven lots of different stick shifts? I thought this car was your 1st that you were suppose to be learning on?

 

Amen to that!

 

i have to drive stickshifts at work, i technically learned about 2 years ago on a Honda and sucked/gave up but because of work and the Supra i was forced to learn again a few months ago

worst was a Taurus SHO 5spd, stiff clutch lol

 

Hah. Its actually fun. Makes driving auto for when I wanna chill/ relax or boring.

 

SHIFT_at six thousand

 

Agreed lol

 

That's why I'm more comfortable buying engines from automatics.

 

I believe you just have to get a feel for the vehicle and what she likes. The same two vehicles matched stock may not always drive/want the same kind of loving (acceleration/throttle)...especially as the vehicles age. At least that's how I approach each car. You begin to learn to shift by sound and feel. Those aspects give you a better overall awareness of what the car is doing, how the car is running/performing, how much load it is under, and to what extent it is responding to what you want her to do. All of that results in having a better intimate relationship with the car so that you can respond to her properly.

Short answer: As in any relationship, you've got to listen and pay attention to your woman! Literally and figuratively.

 

That about says it all.

 

Been driving stick shift for 30+ years...lord forbid if some of you have a sound system in your car. You'd be lost. Oh...is that why the KIDS nowadays who think they can stick shift got a need for the fart can muffler ****?

 

^^ lol.

 

Lmao I'm so tired of hearing those damn things.

 

you should see the gigantic can i have ready for the Supra

 

OH NO.

 

ooooo yeah

i dunno how but i blew part of the stock exhaust its barely hanging on one hanger now

 

Its like you did purposely.