do you shift down to 1st gear?

OC3 · 05-29-2012, 07:38 PM

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Originally Posted by mkoesel

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Originally Posted by KawBoy

All the time.

+1

I grab 1st gear whenever I need the maximum power available from the car at lower speeds.

+2

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Originally Posted by P-TownM3

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Originally Posted by KawBoy

DCT will go to 1st gear anyways, regardless of S or D mode.

No it wont, not unless you come to a complete stop.

Sure it will. Not easy with 6MT, but very easy with DCT.

OC3 · 05-29-2012, 07:39 PM

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Originally Posted by CanAutM3

Same here. Most of the tracks I drive are 3-4-5 tracks with very rare need for 2nd.

Must be tracks with a very tight corner that would need 1st...

Autocrossing would definitely require downshifts to 1st to maximize the powerband though.

Yep.

iDontAlwaysDrink · 05-29-2012, 08:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Silvertige

Agree with this. I never shift to 1st during daily driving unless at a complete stop. When autocrossing I've wanted to shift to first plenty of times. I'm just not comfortable enough to do it yet.

....Except that tracking and auto crossing are different. Both are motorsports, sure, but one entertains significantly tighter spaces and lower speeds than the other, which can reasonably necessitate the use of first gear. But the comment was on regards to tracking not auto crossing. So yeah, GG. Oh, and I've done autocross too. Aren't cars fun?

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Originally Posted by chriszeh

what track uses first? i rarely use second.

Autoclub Speedway. Oh wait, that's the autocross course I'm referring to. lul

767IJP · 05-29-2012, 11:45 PM

Lmao

Stealth ///M · 05-30-2012, 09:03 AM

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Originally Posted by SehrSchnell

if you are behind a slow-ass driver crawling through a turn... #drivingfasttakingchances.

In the beginner group?

Been to mid-Ohio, Watkins glen, poconos, and VIR. Only time I've ever used first on a track is when I'm pulling out of the pits.

bimdo · 05-30-2012, 09:13 AM

i usually downshift from second to reverse

Stealth ///M · 05-30-2012, 09:36 AM

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Originally Posted by SehrSchnell

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Originally Posted by Stealth ///M

In the beginner group?

Been to mid-Ohio, Watkins glen, poconos, and VIR. Only time I've ever used first on a track is when I'm pulling out of the pits.

I've been in the beginner group for the last 5 years... keeping my fingers crossed to move up this year.

Maybe if you didn't throw it into first, your instructor might bump you to the intermediate group?

lol

gblansten · 05-30-2012, 09:37 AM

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Originally Posted by esquissm3

I down shift into 1st just before going up my driveway. Helps pull into the garage alittle easier..

Amen. I have a steep driveway and getting caught in second lugs the hell out of the engine. I always have to downshift to first since my DCT lags way too long in second.

1MOREMOD · 05-30-2012, 10:23 AM

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Originally Posted by SehrSchnell

Every track if you are behind a slow-ass driver crawling through a turn... #drivingfasttakingchances.

not even then.

leemik · 05-30-2012, 02:00 PM

I've been driving a stick for like 20 years (until now).. I don't ever recall purposely going into 1st gear from a higher gear while moving..

kawasaki00 · 05-31-2012, 08:32 AM

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Originally Posted by OC3

+2

Sure it will. Not easy with 6MT, but very easy with DCT.

I do the same, the car will go to first if it needs to, I down shift to second and then let it choose if it wants 1st or not.

goldminer · 05-31-2012, 04:11 PM

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Originally Posted by motortrend

Never, did it once and it's not really necessary, plus it's probably even harder than going from 1-2

It's easy if you do a rev-matched double-clutch downshift. Much easier than shifting from 1 to 2.

Singletrack · 05-31-2012, 05:08 PM

Anyone who shifts down to first is an idiot. No wait...

Anyone that doesn't shift down to first can't drive. No wait...

No wait...

Peahi · 05-31-2012, 06:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Singletrack

Anyone who shifts down to first is an idiot. No wait...

Anyone that doesn't shift down to first can't drive. No wait...

No wait...

Sums it up nicely.

MKE_M3 · 05-31-2012, 07:12 PM

I do every day when I enter the parking garage at work

Sam@Alekshop · 05-31-2012, 07:42 PM

I never do..............

Singletrack · 06-01-2012, 12:26 AM

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Originally Posted by SehrSchnell

I just stay in first gear... by not shifting I also don't wear out my clutch.

Impossible to shift; car only has enough torque in first gear.

Endless619 · 06-01-2012, 01:09 AM

All the time. No big deal really.

isugoo · 06-01-2012, 01:32 AM

are you out of your mind?

dom_cmh · 06-01-2012, 01:34 AM

Any chance we can retire this thread? 5 pages on the shifting habits of 1st gear seems silly. Obviously we use it and some of us use it more/less depending on personal driving habits.

OC3 · 06-01-2012, 10:21 AM

YaWn... g'mornin'

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