I think if you leave the track, you sound the air horn if you're OK.

 

I had issues when I was trying to grip the shifter to slam it into 3rd, but since i've change to technique to palming it and letting the transmission do the work, i've never had issues getting into 3rd

 

Off track thing make sense.

 

funny? push it to the floor and you will have no problem. clutch blocks are stupid.

 

I just lol'd

 

Try shifting repeatedly at redline and you'll start getting locked out of 3rd occasionally. I, too, have been driving sticks for decades and consider myself to be well above average at shifting a manual trans on and off the track. The MT82 in my '11 5.0L shifted horribly until I installed the best shifter assembly on the market (MGW's upper/lower complete assembly).

 

I'll bet you a cheeseburger it's not the skip shift feature or the shifter, although you see there's a lot of guys who will tell you to replace it and/or it's bracket.

But this 6 speed requires more finess/thought than any manual I've ever driven. 2 weeks shy of 53 and driven predominantely manuals, learning on a 4 speed on the column.

Like a few have mentioned, let the centering spring take you to the middle pair of gates. I use an open grip like described above, the heel of my hand, to push the shifter forward, through the 'neutral' position and on up to 3. Never miss a shift. If I try to shift 'up and over' and 'find' 3rd, I'll frequently miss.

Also my clutch pedal needs to be all the way to the floor.

These gates are narrow and when you're getting on it there's a lot of torque twist, not to mention adrenelin.

I also pull back to 4 w/an open grip as well, otherwise I'll have a tendency to pull the shifter towards my body. Quick shifts to 5 take a little finess, but by then you're likely 110+.

And when shifting into or within either of the outside pairs of gates, always counter that spring appropriately. Bummer downshifting from 6 to 5 but hitting 3rd instead.

I've driven the snot out of my car w/frequent launches and wot runs up through 4th. 21K+ miles in 14 months and I've no problem what so ever with this shifter or the transmission.