Re: Manual shifting again...

["Solomon Ngan" <c:\temp@netaccess.on.ca>]

From:          Frank Deutschmann <fhd@interport.net>
Subject:       Re: Manual shifting again...

>I drive a '91 Coupe Quattro and an '81 Porsche 911, and I rarely use the clutch
>on either car; basicly, its just there for N-1st and N-reverse.

>Learning clutchless shifting is not difficult, and, if done right, does no
>harm and does not increase wear on your transmission.  I actually got into
>the habit of clutchless shifting on the street back when I had a Jeep: I learned
>that it was cheaper to replace or rebuild the Jeep transmission than replace
>the clutch.

All these clutchless shifting really baffle me.  I have been driving 
stick shift for over 20 years, but didn't know nor dare to try such 
a thing.

Now, is it save on my '90 90Q20V ?
What is the kind of rpm should I be "clutchless" shifting at ?
How about the other extreme of "double clutching" or "double-blip" ?
Is double clutching the opposite to clutch-shifting ?
Does this work for downshift only, or for upshift as well ?


Signing off for now,
    Solomon Ngan<sngan@netaccess.on.ca>

          '90 90q20v
          '85 vw gti
          '84 5000s