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Sometimes when I accelerate off the light I go up to 3.5k rpm at 40mph in 3rd gear, so if I shift into 4th it'll be 2800-3000 rpm so I'll shift to 5th anyway.

So can I skip 4th gear alltogether and just go to 5th or is that bad for the car?

 
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When I used to "row my own" many years ago... I did the 3rd to 5th quite often, when possible I also did 1st to 3rd to 5th also.

 
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ive heard its not good, if Im going downhill I skip gears but I notice even at high RPM when skipping a gear you just go back down to 1500.

So I say only do it going downhill.

 
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I do it, name an actual reason its bad. If you release the clutch at the correct rpms I cant see why it would be bad.

 
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That's what I'm saying, everyone says it's bad but no one actually says a reason. how does it damage the car?

 
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It doesn't damage it at all as long as the RPMs are in a normal operating zone... If the RPMs are gonna go sky high or drop down to nothing then it's not good, but if it's nomal t hen I can't see why it would be an issue...

technically it's probably better for the clutch because you get to avoid the unnecessary gear change, right?

 
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Could it be bad on syncros? To properly engage into 5th you need to be coming from 4th.

 
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i heard shiftin like that saves gas......that was a surprise...........

 
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I do it every single day... I would love to hear a good reason not to...