Stolit

It depends on the person, but for some people, yes.

Due to user incompetence and failure to correctly match your revs, right?

But what if you get someone who is capable of properly doing this?

Why?

ServiceRifle

Come on guys, it's not like I don't know how to use a clutch! All I said was that I recently learned how to use a manual WITHOUT a clutch (a Fuller-Eaton btw) and was wondering if this is possible (or bad) to do with a standard vehicle (in this case a vette).

To answer another poster, for upshifting, you experiment a little until you find a rev point where the shifter easily releases from the gear and into neutral. When you do that, you VERY slowly drop your rpms and QUICKLY slide the shifter from the lower gear to the higher gear. No grind, nothing. To downshift, you go to that same rev point, but once the shifter is out of the gear you slightly raise rpms and it will slip right into the next lower gear without grinding. I start off in 3rd and going from 3 to 4 to 5 and on up to 10 is seamless, as it is going back down...but switching your two speed trans case or diff and downshifting is tough (going from 6th to 5th). that one I'm still learning

need-for-speed

Don't be offended, but the saying "a little bit of knowledge can be dangerous" comes to mind. I'm sure it could be done by an expert, but why on earth would you want to experiment with it? Just use the clutch.

ServiceRifle

I was just asking. Better to ask than to assume, right?

Viprklr

Seems like it would take the fun out of driving, always having to match the revs at each shift. In stop and go traffic it would be downright annoying.

I guess it could be done though.

Matt

bramwellt

This is why I'm done buying used cars.

need-for-speed

True True

Well that, and having a little money doesn't hurt either, eh?

c5inphila

Most truck drivers on the road shift without the clutch it is eaiser ,faster and better for your left knee. The last stick shift car i had was a 70 gto, clutchless was fine in that too.

docrings1

I got very good at rev-match shifting in my 71 Volvo when the clutch cable (yes, a wire cable) would break at in-opportune times... it was difficult to do but in an emergency do-able... just don't come to a complete stop if possible!!!!
I would hate to have to do it all day, every day. It reduces performance (having to carefully rev-match the engine and tranny takes a couple seconds on each shift to get it right), and it would eventually just drive you CRAZY!!!!

Tom Steele

Yes,
No,
I suppose, but why bother?