MT double clutch?

That's my goal also. I like that it is small, or at least passes for small these days, and is still a truck. To get one new with a V6 and a 6MT, just stellar.

I really need to try out an EV. I hear the heavy regeneration settings are pretty entertaining. It is one pedal driving, but at least that lets me do some of the thinking.

 

Awesome! Keep at it man

 

I hear you. It's a looong road.

 

I'm surprised by these responses. I find notchy shifts into 1st and 2nd to be extraordinarily common on any car that didn't spend most of its miles cruising on the highway. Most of the cars I've driven are fairly old, but it seems like synchros are the first things to go in a transmission that would otherwise shift smoothly for the life of the car.

I pretty much always double clutch a downshift into 1st or 2nd. I guess I'm just used to cars with over 100k miles.

 

I always double check my first gear. One to many experiences of 1st gear synchro grind in this truck.

 

I've never had a vehicle that needed double clutching, except my '04 subaru 2.5rs which regardless needed a transmission rebuild every 27-30k miles... it's what makes a subaru a subaru (that, and paint durability on par with an m&m

 

I "double clutch" it for reverse. That's about it. Every one of my vehicles usually needs it to get in R. I just do it by habit now even though Taco doesn't need it unless it's cold.

 

Lot of info here !

Braking in a turn , even with today's ABS and Stability control systems is usually not a recommended method. you might wind up seeing the Bed of the truck or the ditch. Most HP driving instructors teach you to get all your braking completed before the turn. But Braking at very high RPM's in 3rd gear but wanting to be in second, might result in a couple of Rods coming out the side of the block. Most modern Turbo setups have almost eliminated Turbo lag.

This is why a lot of manufacturers have a built in rev limiter in manual shift cars usually built in the Fuel Injection software but cutting fuel delivery. In automatics the Transmission a lot of the times controls the shift limits.

One of the coolest transmissions setups I've driven has been the Porsche PDK, 7 speed, dual clutch , dual shafted geared transmission. When in First and reving to redline, the 2nd gearset is spinning up to speed on the 2nd shaft, When in second, 3rd gear set is coming up to speed. On down shifts it rev matches automatically.
From a standing start, you can hold the Brake, Bring up the rev's (4500), release the Brake and it will handle the clutch release, Hang on and let it shift at redline.

It works so well that a PDK is usually .5 sec or more faster to 60MPH than the same car w fully Manual.