> > > I tend to heel-and-toe the brake and gas, especially when driving in snow. I do it without thinking. After 50 years or so, things like that become automatic. I also sometimes double clutch, which is not really necessary with modern transmissions, but it's habit. I have a Cushman Eagle with a two-speed crash box (unsnyn tranny)and a foot clutch. Shifting from low to high requires only a pause in neutral, but high back to low requires double clutching. A few Eagle riders, who haven't bothered to learn that, will always come to a complete stop, shift into low and then take off again. By then, double clutchers are already to the top of the hill.
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> > My lord, I didn't think ANYONE knew how to do that anymore. I thought I was the only one! I still double clutch too despite having a modern synchro tranny. Saves wear and tear on the synchros ;) Acutually, half the time i shift w/o the clutch, which is pretty easy to do if you know how to match revs correctly, but which you will chew up a tranny doing when you first learn how ;)
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> Well, go on, tell us how to do it! I've heard the term "double clutching" before and I've never found anyone who could tell me what it was, which annoys me, because I enjoy driving a manual transmission.
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> Brunnen-"automatics are boring"G

I got the best of both worlds in my car. Technically, it's an automatic, but I can drop the stick down a notch and shift the gears manually...with no clutch. It's fun every now and then.

It did come in handy Tuesday night, when we had an ice storm come through. Down here in Texas, we don't get those very often, so traffic was an absolute nightmare. I live 19 miles from work and it took me three hours to drive home. Actually, I think "inch home" would be a more accurate description.

Kel"Hey Bubba, what's all this thar white stuff?"ly