![Mr. Green :mrgreen:](./images/smilies/icon_mrgreen.gif)
In any case, you've seen me drive JonT's last car, so you know just how seamless my gearchanging isn't.
Mr Cholmondeley-Warner wrote:Never seen a manual Porker with an "auto-blip" feature? (but then I haven't driven any very new ones).
Mini Spirit wrote:I think the hardest skill I struggled with was the brake gear separation, I was so used to overlapping most of the time.
TheInsanity1234 wrote:I'm not going to lie, I probably partially overlap pretty much all the time.
What I tend to do is start braking in my current gear when I'm approaching some obstruction to my straight line of travel (i.e, a bend, a p(h)easant, or indeed a rouge driver), then when I hit idle, I declutch, and move the gear stick to the gear I predict I shall need to negotiate the hazard, then when I finish braking, I give the throttle a prod to get the revs up so I can engage the new gear and get a move on.
TheInsanity1234 wrote:or indeed a rouge driver...
Mr Cholmondeley-Warner wrote:TheInsanity1234 wrote:or indeed a rouge driver...
Is that one of those blokes who wear makeup?(tasteless joke
)
waremark wrote:TheInsanity1234 wrote:I'm not going to lie, I probably partially overlap pretty much all the time.
What I tend to do is start braking in my current gear when I'm approaching some obstruction to my straight line of travel (i.e, a bend, a p(h)easant, or indeed a rouge driver), then when I hit idle, I declutch, and move the gear stick to the gear I predict I shall need to negotiate the hazard, then when I finish braking, I give the throttle a prod to get the revs up so I can engage the new gear and get a move on.
I consider that to be almost textbook Roadcraft - the only difference being that you would keep your left hand on the wheel until you have finished braking and you know rather than predict what gear you will need.
waremark wrote:What about when the amount you are slowing is not sufficient to get the revs down to idle?
TripleS wrote:Mr Cholmondeley-Warner wrote:TheInsanity1234 wrote:or indeed a rouge driver...
Is that one of those blokes who wear makeup?(tasteless joke
)
Oi, that'll do: you'll be getting as bad as me.
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