Release gas or not while shifting
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Release gas or not while shifting
What's the best way to be faster when you shifting using pedal shift or stick shift on automatic transmission? Release the gas pedal before shifting and then hit the gas pedal again (just like driving manual), or keep flooring the gas pedal while shifting?
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When upshifting, keep pressing gas. When downshifting, if you want smoothest fastest downshifts, let go off gas (otherwise there is a slight jerk as it gets confused on the rev matching...)
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Downshifting in auto mode does not rev match (and feels like crap). In manual it actually blips the throttle. Forward jerk is normal, that just means the engine rpm is slightly faster, happens while you're breaking at the same time. The car just doesn't know what exact rpm to match the speed with since you're slowing down as well.
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Of course... because you're slowing down when releasing the gas and accelerating when you're back on the pedal. You're definitely not going faster though, no matter what yours pants-o-meter is telling you.
#12
Funny thing is, this is the only car I've ever driven that downshifts smoother if you release the gas. Cars like CTS, bmw, etc all downshift just fine with the gas engaged.
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