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Shogun not available in manual?
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<blockquote data-quote="Cowabunga" data-source="post: 1688670" data-attributes="member: 718"><p>I've done some 100 miles in a six speed manual today. Skipping gears as often as not. Going up hill in a hurry I might skip from second to fourth to sixth, usually fourth to sixth or third to fifth, depending on the road. Never started in second, although sometimes do when starting off downhill.</p><p>If you have a six speed box and a good flexible diesel engine and don't skip gears, I draw my own conclusion. I love nice flexible torquey diesels with six speeds, but certainly don't change either up or down through every ratio every time I start, stop, or accelerate. Why would anyone do so? Its not a sequential gearbox which doesn't give you any other choice, and the driver's brain is usually capable of far more sophisticated shifting than even the best computer controlled automatic.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Maybe many drivers do treat their manual gearboxes as sequential units and do shift up and down every ratio through the box all the time, I don't know. It certainly isn't at all necessary in normal varied driving conditions.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cowabunga, post: 1688670, member: 718"] I've done some 100 miles in a six speed manual today. Skipping gears as often as not. Going up hill in a hurry I might skip from second to fourth to sixth, usually fourth to sixth or third to fifth, depending on the road. Never started in second, although sometimes do when starting off downhill. If you have a six speed box and a good flexible diesel engine and don't skip gears, I draw my own conclusion. I love nice flexible torquey diesels with six speeds, but certainly don't change either up or down through every ratio every time I start, stop, or accelerate. Why would anyone do so? Its not a sequential gearbox which doesn't give you any other choice, and the driver's brain is usually capable of far more sophisticated shifting than even the best computer controlled automatic. Maybe many drivers do treat their manual gearboxes as sequential units and do shift up and down every ratio through the box all the time, I don't know. It certainly isn't at all necessary in normal varied driving conditions. [/QUOTE]
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