63 thoughts on “Is It Okay To Skip Gears In A Manual Transmission?”

1. Been doing it for years

2. Yes

3. NO NO NO !!!!! There’s a lot of reasons why you shouldn’t!!!!!! The main reason your fuel mileage and if you don’t care what your doing to your engine then fine- it’s called wear and tear people!!!!! You don’t need to use granny gear BUT Don’t Skip Gears!!!!!!

   1. Except if ur going down hill, 1st to 3rd, then 4th or 5th

   2. Tony: it’s called a ‘ block change’ it won’t kill your car and is best used at motorway speeds (for example 4th straight to 6th is my normal change).

   3. Never change gears going up or down hills for one thing and I don’t care what any of you motor gear heads say I’ve heard from the bests ( in my field) DONT DO IT !!!!!! Case closed!!!!! NEXT!!!!!!!!

   4. Then why do the new cars program it in? I find it a PIA when it tells me to go to 4th from 1st

   5. Am I just gonna let the engine bog out and die going up a steep hill then? Or downshift and make it up the hill…

   6. Where do these people come from??? Mars maybe

   7. Your rite first gear to 4th ? Heal ya and going up hill find the rite one or next time drive faster!!!! What was I thinking????? Don’t listen to me cause I’m retarded

   8. Tony,, just what field are you in?

   9. Mine field okay sorry I’m surrounded by geniuses so just never mind I’m sorry I said anything- good day and good bye

   10. Never change gears going up or down hills? Freaking hilarious!

   11. Tony needs to be right or his panties ride up and his man bun comes apart. Please people dont make Tony cry.

   12. Maybe I’ll try keeping my mouth shut 🤐 from now on hmmmm

   13. But it’s been awhile since I’ve made an ass out of myself here so I’m kind of happy about that

   14. You can’t change gears going down hill? Bs. Holding the clutch in does the same amount of damage as sliding in your cruising gear or 3rd. Why would it matter? How old are these so called professionals? 50 and ^ they know old tech not these new cars since they didn’t grow up learning on them.

   16. No problem ever skipping gears

   17. 89 through 95 Corvettes with a six speed came with a 1st to 4th skipshift, nothing wrong with it.

   18. been skipping gears for over 35 years , never a issue , you just have to have a good feel of the and knowing what you want from it

   19. Yep should have keap my big mouth shut

   20. Tony Mills.
       You are stupid

4. Seen this before. Been skipping gears for years. It doesnt hurt anything unless you lug your engine or over rev your engine or skid your tires caused by lockup on a down shift. But if you are doing these things. Your a rookie or a dumbass anyway. With a fourspeed going around a corner it is comon to go from fourth to second. And also for a smoother upshift I go from first to third to fourth.

5. Regularly skipped gears in my ’67 Sunbeam Tiger.

6. Power shift thru 3 gears without engaging the clutch

7. If you have to ask this question, you shouldn’t be driving a manual transmission. Of course it’s okay.

8. Not if your drag racing

9. Just drive with the clutch in, who needs to change gears?

10. Who uses a clutch!? Bah,..you dont need a clutch just jam it into each gear!

    1. Can’t find ’em, grind ’em, they’re made out of rubber next year….

    2. Lol!! Hey what’s that smell!!!

11. 1, 3, 5th

12. Do first third fifth alot during normal driving but never under hard throttle!!

13. I never had a problem. As long as you rev match

14. Started second gear third and fourth gear power gears that way

15. Nothing wrong with skipping gears at all! Been doing it for years in my big rig and in my race car!

16. I always did 1 to 3 in the goat

17. Tanya Ellis Canto

18. It doesn’t hurt the vehicle I do it all the time in my 30 year old Chevy truck with a 5 speed

19. 1st to 4th bog down and stall

20. I love my 727 torqueflight modified manual reversed valvebody.

21. Yes, if you are going down hill

22. Used to do it all the time driving truck, empty or bobtail.

23. Yes it’s OK I know a lot of town fathers that had three speeds on the column and they would start out in first skip second and shift right to third.

24. It’s ok to do. It’s easier on the synchronisers

25. My 92 Corvette had the 1st to 4th skipshift from the factory. I have disabled it though.

26. My Z06 Corvette want to skip gears all the time !!!

27. Dumb question.

28. It all depends on the car.

29. I skip shift my semi every day !

30. My 2016 scat Pack has 1-4 shift skip built in when lazy driving for fuel economy

31. If you bog down bang it back up a gear and continue on!

32. Depending on traffic and my need to get to “the speed limit”, I skip gears all the time. Transmissions aren’t that smart.

33. Why the hell would you skip gears??? Buy an automatic if you don’t like shifting. Damn lazy kids.

34. Depends on your exhaust system, if you have that special sound you want to hit every gear. If not it won’t matter no one will be the wiser…

35. I had a corvette build 1991 , there was a flashing light : shift 1 to 4

36. Yeah. This is BS..lets see if he can shift is gears without using a clutch

37. New manuals do it for you. Nothing wrong with it as long as you don’t lug the engine ! On my 6 speed that were heard rite I’d take off in second shift into 4 the then 6 the. Saved alot ofgas if I didn’t need the power say around town.

38. Dumb f-ing question.

39. It’s fine, my automatic does it all the time

40. Skip gears in my dually often. It’s usually a 3 to 5 shift or 5 to 3. When slowing a 5 to 4 shift does not a damn thing. Have to grab third for any help slowing down. Every once in awhile when I use granny gear I’ll skip second completely only because the syncros in second are shot and makes it impossible to go 1 to 2 unless you happen to rev match

41. Its a proven fact, if you’re just cruising, there’s absolutely no harm in skipping gears.

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