Double Clutch or Floating??

Double de-clutching is completely and totally unnecessary when upshifting normally.

The gear you are in and the gear you want to go into are rotating at nearly the same speed and when you push in the clutch pedal you are taking all the twisting force off the gears so they will not chip or wear as they mesh.

Only someone who doesn't have a clue about mechanics would "double clutch" on an upshift. I find it hilarious that the notoriously incompetent DMV insists you "double clutch" on upshifts.

 

Nah, they don't insist. I noticed that it was required in the book and asked the lady grading my road test how many points I would lose if I floated the gears. She said just one, so that's what I did.

Forget wear on the tranny, I'd look like a freak with one leg twice the size of the other.

 

It might seem weird but I go back and forth. Depends on how heavy the load is and how fast I need to accelerate. I double clutch with a heavy load or if i need to mash on it because of traffic. On a light load I float.

 

How do you double clutch?? lol
On today's transmissions you don't need to D.C. In some of the old trucks you did, Like when they had Gas motors. And I learned to drive in a B-61 Mack, Wrap your arm threw the wheel shift both sticks and Double Clutch your butt off. But today it is unnecessary. As usual the book is 30 years behind.

 

Depends on the situation on which to use or which may be necessary.
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