Those who drive stickshift, what is your most (and least) favorite reverse gear position? (lemmy.world)

submitted 6 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Let's only focus on the reverse gear position, I believe there are as follow:

all the way to the right and down.
all the way to the right and up.
all the way to the left and up.
knob pull then shift to left and up.

For me, if I drive an old 5 speed then 1).

For modern cars with 6 speed, I prefer 4). It makes me feel confident that I am definitely in reverse.

A 6 speed with 3) imo is just terrible. I know many BMWs have this pattern. The idea is to really push to the left so you engage reverse and not 1st. Tried it on a friend's car and I was quite nervous: what happen if I yank too hard and damage the shifter?

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[-] [email protected] 6 points 6 days ago

4 for sure. 1 is a pain in the ass when you get in a 5 speed and you’re used to something else. I subconsciously double-clutched once and almost released the clutch in reverse gear at 70 once with that.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago

It's usually hard/impossible to pull a 6-speed shift on a 5-speed and go 5>R. I acknowledge there's improvements over time, but, what I know from my sample is: no synchro on reverse, so it'd take much more force to engage. I know my miata has a lockout plate so you must go N>R as it blocks 5>R, and still requiring a massive yank to get the transmission to agree to spool up the dogs to a negative 20,000rpm.

Were you double clutching on an upshift?

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