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<p>[QUOTE="Tolmie, post: 9469478, member: 208825"]LOL no you grow your “pound sign, pound sign, pound sign” up.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have specified that this is the way the Megas are training the students, which is to minimize the risk. We are talking about people who never driven stick shift in their lives and after 2 weeks of training, they are expected to pass this test. There is a real risk that starting in low gears for new students would lead to grinding the gears and not able to recover; and thus not in control of the truck, and fail the test right there and then. I am sure the megas have done some research and decided that the new students should start the truck at 4th gear.</p><p><br /></p><p>In short My point is, low gear and engine rev too high and will grind the gears. Unable to put in any gear because of inexperience, the student will fail to recover the gear and forced to stop and reset. Let’s not do that.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Tolmie, post: 9469478, member: 208825"]LOL no you grow your “pound sign, pound sign, pound sign” up. I have specified that this is the way the Megas are training the students, which is to minimize the risk. We are talking about people who never driven stick shift in their lives and after 2 weeks of training, they are expected to pass this test. There is a real risk that starting in low gears for new students would lead to grinding the gears and not able to recover; and thus not in control of the truck, and fail the test right there and then. I am sure the megas have done some research and decided that the new students should start the truck at 4th gear. In short My point is, low gear and engine rev too high and will grind the gears. Unable to put in any gear because of inexperience, the student will fail to recover the gear and forced to stop and reset. Let’s not do that.[/QUOTE]
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