Petrie141

Do any of you also shift out of sequence? What I mean by that is I typically shift 2nd - 4th - 6th. Or, sometimes 2nd - 4th - 5th - 6th. Does this damage anything? I was thinking it might wear out my clutch a little sooner than the typical way due to me letting off a little longer to start rolling, but I feel like it helps my mileage a little. On a hill or if I want to start fast I'll obviously put it in 1st but that's really the only time I ever do. I added a few videos to show my RPMs don't rally go super high or low when I do it. I'm curious to know if anyone else does the same.


*The first video is a 2nd 4th 6th, and the second video is just 2nd 4th neutral (got stuck behind a truck*

MRGTX

It's 100% totally fine. Just don't bog the motor (up shifting to a given gear at too low of a speed) and don't slip the clutch...and it's all good.

Yes, it does help mileage. The computer will even do this for you on occasion (1 to 4 skip shift) much to the annoyance of most folks.

I can't see your videos from this computer (work ) so I am not criticizing your technique.

Last1

I almost always start out in 2nd and go 4-6 unless I'm in stop and go traffic. I'll also do 1-3-5

JoeMidnight

I do this all the time.... sometimes i wind out a gear (lets say 3rd and will to to 5th or 6th) and match the speed to where the RPM's should be for that gear... should be fine.

dmichaels

Perfect example of this is GM skip-shift that locks out 2nd and forces 1-4 shift when not driving aggressively.

Fully sync'do tranny so no issues

WhiteBird00

By itself, skipping gears does absolutely nothing for fuel mileage. Getting into a higher gear sooner so that your RPMs are kept as low as possible without lugging the engine will save fuel. Whether you do that 2-4-6 or 1-2-3-4-5-6 makes no difference - skipping just saves you some motions.

Jazzman442

I do this all the time. I believe on some years there was a device that made you go to a higher gear.

Azrael

My 2014 has 3.31 gears and I usually block shift 1-3-5 or 1-3-4 for in town cruising.

David Young

Its fine to do this. Most of the time i go 1-3-5 in my 1991 F150 5 speed manual

5.M0NSTER

I don't see an issue with doing this as long as you rev match for the target gear.
If you wind out 2nd for example, shift to 6th, but the RPM is still high this could damage the transmission.
So basically if you wind out the motor and skip shift, you have to wait for the RPM to come back to the expected range for the gear you're targeting before you step off the clutch in that gear.