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Non-synchro g'boxes don't have to be double-clutched as long as you match the rev's. Buy a beater with a manual tranny, learn to shift gears sans clutch - that's what driving a non-synchro box is like.

 

Right now, Jack is taking a trip back to the late 1940s...

You'd drive like I do, Jack. Double-shifting on each shift. I know it's antiquated, but then again look who's talking.

 

So you pull out of gear, leave the shifter in neutral and wait for the revs to drop, and when the revs are matched, push it into the next gear?

 

I do that sometimes, just to build up the muscles on my left leg.

 

Right now, I assume you mean double clutching.

 

Right now I'm watching a biography on Nelson Mandela on History International.

 

Right now, it varies a great deal depending on the vehicle/transmission. I've driven an 18 speed (you realistically only use 9 or 10 of the possible speeds) and only use the clutch to get started in 1L. When you lift off the throttle, you can pull the shifter out of gear, and just gently push it into the next, and when the RPMs match it slides in. Some trannies (Eaton Super 10s for example) make this nearly impossible, other trannies (most 10s) it's just easier to clutch out of gear and match in, and still others require a double clutch in certain transitions (typically between 4 and 5 on 18s). Downshifting is a bit different, you tend to have to use the clutch most of the time (fortunately you really only have to downshift 2 or 3 times vs 5-9 upshifts).

You're supposed to double clutch all the time but it's too much work.