Do you short-shift your manual transmission vehicle?

[14Accent]

In my case, 5th gear gets skipped 95% of the time. The 4-5-6 spacing in the Regal is just too close, so I've found that holding 4th gear up to 55 and then shifting directly to 6th lands me right around 1,800 RPM. 2k RPM is really the sweet spot when cruising, there's plenty of torque available to pull off a 55-75 passing maneuver without downshifting out of 6th.

The owners manual specifically calls out this this procedure (skip-shifting) and admonishes it in big bold type. I've driven manuals long enough to know this is nonsense, but I'm curious if anyone else regularly skip-shifts in their car.

 

[eljefino]

I used to go 3-5 all the time in my Saturn. I'd basically accellerate at 1/2 throttle all the time and just upshift sooner or later depending on how quickly I wanted to speed up. Fourth gear was good for interstates at 65 on hills when it wouldn't hold fifth.

 

[fdcg27]

When we had sticks I used to do this routinely. Redline second in a Gen 5 or 6 Accord and you'd be going sixty or more. Shift directly into fifth. These old four cylinder timing belt engines loved to rev and the old 1.5 liter Civics we had were even better. Smoother and better shifters than the Accords.

 

[bullwinkle]

The xB in my sig is geared so low (numerically high, 4.31-1) that I can regularly go 2-5 on flat ground at around 30-35 MPH. And 5th is close enough to 4th (.96 to .81) that there’s not much of a jump.

 

[cpayne5]

Fifth gear sees very little action in my TSX. The only time is when I've got her loaded down with people. Mainly, it's just my commuter, so it's fast and furious first through third, then quickly into fourth for the last few MPH of relaxed acceleration and then into sixth for cruising.

 

[Oliveoil2]

Trying to save a little gas I short shift when rolling on the flats or going downhill.

 

[LongTime_Lurker]

Granny shifting not double clutching like I should.

 

[Hall]

Granny shifting not double clutching like I should.

Some will get it, most won't, I suspect....

 

[Hall]

The owners manual specifically calls out this this procedure (skip-shifting) and admonishes it in big bold type

What's the risk ? Something related to the synchros ?

 

[Nick1994]

When I drive the 1970 Beetle, not a chance

 

[edyvw]

My BMW has very close gear ratios, so skipping often 5th, unless uphill when going to ski.

 

[Rmay635703]

My cobalt can take off in 1 or 2 easily and shift straight to 5th if I’m not in a hurry

 

[2strokeNorthstar]

Some will get it, most won't, I suspect....

I heard it causes a danger to manifold

 

[Bud_One]

Drove 700 miles this past weekend in our 2005 Accord , routinely skipped from 3rd to 5th when accelerating briskly .
I didn't know this was an issue
Been skip shifting on everyone of our manual vehicles we've ever had .

 

[Bud_One]

Granny shifting not double clutching like I should.

 

[tbm5690]

Most of the time I skip 5, sometimes I'll skip 3.

 

[ls1mike]

My WS6 came with skip shift. 1st to 4th. I tuned it out. Sometimes I skip 5th and go right into 6th

 

[wwillson]

Every time I drive the Duramax and haven't selected tow/haul, I skip 1st and 3rd.

 

[MacManus99]

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In my Miata when merging onto the highway, I would often run second gear to redline, clutch in, and engage 5th gear once the revs fell to about 3.5k.

 

[14Accent]

Thanks for all the feedback! Just for fun, here's the section from my owners manual: