Is it wrong to start a manual transmission car by shifting to the second gear,skipping the first?

Answer 1

not if first gear is used like a granny gear ,... which is mainly for pulling or towing something, it just winds up to much so you have to use 2nd like its first, its usually with older trucks though i had a 63 chevy four wheel drive like that

Answer 2

You can put a manual transmission in any gear to start the car if you have the clutch in. And if the gear is low enough, perhaps first is a "granny" and therefor not necessary for regular purposes. There are several other reasons that make such a thing feasible. If it is normal or does not hurt the car why not.

Answer 3

That depends on the vehicle and if there is snow on the ground or not. Snow, yes, taking off in second gear is helpful because the driving wheels won't be spining too much. Most 4 cylinders it will kill the engine. Some vehicles like the mid 90's nissan pickups with the 2.4L, I testdrove one and even in second gear, the tires lightly screeched takling off in second gear; imagine what it would ahve done in first.

Answer 4

first gear in a car is really only to get the car rolling. if you skip first gear you may wear the clutch premature, how ever it does not really hurt the car at all. it does help the car if you shift at a slightly higher rpm. down shifting is good for the car also. it creates a vacuum on the engine and helps clean carbon out of the cylinders. marvel mystery oil in the gas tank will also help. 1 qt. to full tank.

Answer 5

You really should'nt do that because you're putting excessive stress on your clutch, it will wear much more swiftly if you continue to take off in second gear, replacing a clutch entails removal of the gearbox so you can imagine it doesnt come cheap. Use first gear to overcome the initial enertia befor selecting second gear.
Have fun and trouble free motoring, good luck.

Answer 6

You will wear out the clutch a lot faster if you do that and it puts more strain or stress on the working parts of the engine. I am assuming you are talking about moving the car from a standstill, like at a red light, and not trying to start a car with a dead battery by pushing it. - If you are trying to start a car by pushing, you should use 2nd gear to start it while it is being pushed.

Answer 7

no would desire to double declutch on synchromesh kit packing containers. in case you prefer to strengthen up speedy,then hit the pink,dip seize with out delay and knock it up one,basically take some or no revs off,your seize won't final long inspite of the shown fact that. For mushy utilising,education makes suitable,whilst changing up oftentimes,take foot of gas,dip seize and bypass into next larger kit multi function stream,changing down,dip seize,touch the gas incredibly, it is so the engine does not sluggish you too speedy,and slip into decrease kit all at comparable time. won't take long,you will quickly get used to it i would be unable to comprehend procedures to bypass your try in an computerized,then force a motor vehicle with kit lever,thought they have been 2 seperate licences

Answer 8

YEs, unless your car is a diesel engine. Gasoline ran vehicles are not allowed to skip the first gear. Only diesel engine vehicles can do it.

Answer 9

no pull out in what ever gear you can with out stalling or bogging the vehicle in fact some pick-up trucks and dump trucks have a really low 1st gear refered to as granny gear for pulling out when hauling alot of weight and I have pulled out in 2nd and even 3rd in a dump truck

Answer 10

It's not if you do it properly, but I wouldn't unless you have a firm grasp on driving a standard. You will have to give it a bit more gas to keep if from stalling, especially if you are on a hill.

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