Your shift habits?

[Howard]

I tend to shift at 3k in every gear.

1st to 3k (to 2100)
2nd from 2100 to 3k (to 2200, etc.)
3rd from 2200 to 3k
4th from 2500 to 3k
5th from 2750

I wish 1st wasn't geared so damn tall, takes forever to rev match since my clutch is pretty much on-off.

 

[shabby]

1st to 6300rpm, shift, wheel spin
2nd to 6300rpm, shift, chirp
3rd to 6300rpm, shift
4th to 6300rpm, shift
5th to 6300rpm, turn on flashers, raise arms in glory of winning the race

 

[Zenmervolt]

Depends on the day and how I'm driving.

ZV

 

[RKS]

floor it until the rev limiter kicks in, repeat until out of gears/road.

The worst thing I have done (to date) is trying to shift my 5-Speed into 6th while doing 65MPH. I had been driving my wife's 6-Speed for a couple weeks and didn't pay attention in my own car.

 

[MrPickins]

My cheap ass Ranger doesn't have a tach. I do it by feel/sound, but it all depends how fast I 'm trying to accelerate.

 

[randomlinh]

my "normal" driving..
1st to 3500/4000
then ~3k for everything else.

 

[alimoalem]

Originally posted by: RKS
The worst thing I have done (to date) is trying to shift my 5-Speed into 6th while doing 65MPH.

you couldn't tell something was wrong with all the resistance?

Originally posted by: MrPickins
My cheap ass Ranger doesn't have a tach. I do it by feel/sound, but it all depends how fast I 'm trying to accelerate.

same here...except in a mazda

Originally posted by: randomlinh
my "normal" driving..
1st to 3500/4000
then ~3k for everything else.

i would guess my "normal" driving would be like this but it really depends on how i feel. sometimes when i'm real lazy, i just stay in 2nd from start to 50 (doesn't happen too often).

 

[Harabec]

3,000-4,000 rpm for every gear at the least.

 

[imported_Truenofan]

normal days.....first i usualy go up to around 4-5k, second, 3-4, same for third, im up to highway speeds and i shift to fifth.(tach is dead center and larger than speedo) on a day im driving hard, i usually shift just after 7...by then my car is buzzing at me too.(sig) now, for downshifting to turn off of a highway, i practice heel-toe down shifting....that makes for some entertainment.(and when i got the green light to turn while im heading up to the turn...people look at you thinking whats wrong with your car)

 

[Gillbot]

I just push the dummy pedal and the computer shifts for me.

 

[Pliablemoose]

I rarely look at the tach, just shift by sound/speed/vibration, have for a very long time.

 

[thomsbrain]

Originally posted by: shabby
1st to 6300rpm, shift, wheel spin
2nd to 6300rpm, shift, chirp
3rd to 6300rpm, shift
4th to 6300rpm, shift
5th to 6300rpm, turn on flashers, raise arms in glory of winning the race

Sounds like a CRX I used to drive. Rubber in third? Check!

To the OP: This should be different for every car, in every condition, for every specific need/want, for every run through the gears. There is no end-all, be-all "proper" shift point.

 

[Eli]

1st: Redline
2nd: Redline
3rd: Redline
4th: 4,500RPM

 

[Howard]

Originally posted by: thomsbrain

Originally posted by: shabby
1st to 6300rpm, shift, wheel spin
2nd to 6300rpm, shift, chirp
3rd to 6300rpm, shift
4th to 6300rpm, shift
5th to 6300rpm, turn on flashers, raise arms in glory of winning the race

Sounds like a CRX I used to drive. Rubber in third? Check!

To the OP: This should be different for every car, in every condition, for every specific need/want, for every run through the gears. There is no end-all, be-all "proper" shift point.

You'll note that I didn't ask for the right shift point.

 

[Scouzer]

2500rpm, all the way through

 

[imported_Truenofan]

ahh i miss the sound of my car so much.....

edit: it also helps that my engine loves to redline....and will take it for 220k miles.(usually run it up at least once a day)

 

[imported_Devine]

1st: 12k
2nd: 12k
6th

It helps that Im on a bike with a redline of 18.5k and that can do 100 easily in 2nd so I really dont need 3rd 4th or 5th unless I'm really playing

 

[j00fek]

Originally posted by: Zenmervolt
Depends on the day and how I'm driving.

ZV

same here, usually im shifting @3200

when im late for work though its more like 6500 :Q

 

[Dudewithoutapet]

Originally posted by: RKS
floor it until the rev limiter kicks in, repeat until out of gears/road.

The worst thing I have done (to date) is trying to shift my 5-Speed into 6th while doing 65MPH. I had been driving my wife's 6-Speed for a couple weeks and didn't pay attention in my own car.

So you mean you shifted into reverse?

 

[BW86]

3-3.5k

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: Dudewithoutapet

Originally posted by: RKS
floor it until the rev limiter kicks in, repeat until out of gears/road.

The worst thing I have done (to date) is trying to shift my 5-Speed into 6th while doing 65MPH. I had been driving my wife's 6-Speed for a couple weeks and didn't pay attention in my own car.

So you mean you shifted into reverse?

His transmission would be all over the road if he actually managed to engage reverse.

It probably just growled angrily at him.

 

[imported_Truenofan]

lol i bet,*grind grind grind*, huh i wonder why it wont go into gear......

 

[npoe1]

Originally posted by: Scouzer
2500rpm, all the way through

Same here.

 

[DivideBYZero]

3-5k. Redline is 8k, so my shift point varies wildly. Often it's 8k...

 

[RKS]

Originally posted by: Eli

Originally posted by: Dudewithoutapet

Originally posted by: RKS
floor it until the rev limiter kicks in, repeat until out of gears/road.

The worst thing I have done (to date) is trying to shift my 5-Speed into 6th while doing 65MPH. I had been driving my wife's 6-Speed for a couple weeks and didn't pay attention in my own car.

So you mean you shifted into reverse?

His transmission would be all over the road if he actually managed to engage reverse.

It probably just growled angrily at him.

yeah, it was just a grind and the shifter kinda jolted out of my hand. That was my 95 Maxima SE and it ran flawlessly from 51 to 225K miles. The only major thing I ever replaced was the clutch at 175K. I eventually donated the car and it was still running strong.