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Old Jan 10, 2005 | 11:11 PM
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Default Re: Manual Transmissions-Good or Not?

Originally Posted by golfdude
Going over, lets say, 15 mph, I have yet to put the car into 1st...but when I just "pretend" to put it into 1st, the shifter resists greatly...it feels as if over this speed the car cannot go into first.
Golfdue:
You do not want to downshift when the engine is under so much load, at 15 miles per hour your rpms are at 3,000 and that is way too much. Downshifts at 5 mph maybe are about all you want.
 
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