I have heard from someone that shifting diagonally to 5th gear is bad. Is there any truth to this?

 

define "diagonally?"

 

like 4th to 5th?

 

from 4th to 5th instead of going thru the motion of the traversing the HH doing it in one motion.

 

I shift with one motion to every gear cept reverse Never had a problem.. never heard of that being an issue.

 

hmmm, i don't know much i guess about the shifter. i always thought there was some sort of guide underneath the boot, and there is only one way to go from 4th to 5th, and if it feels like you are going "diagonally", it is just because there is space or "play" in this mechanism to guide the shifter into the appropriate gear.

 

honda transmissions aren't THAT fragile

 

i had a thread on this at one time and the anwer is "no" it's not bad and "yes" you should shift diagonally to 5th from 4th.

 

Who doesn't shift that way... honestly

 

I shift that way and have no problems. Like Driv says who doesn't shift like that.