Do you do Double De Clutching?

torquecars · Post by **torquecars** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 6:02 am

If you are not sure what double clutching is read this article:- http://www.torquecars.com/articles/doub ... tching.php

Do you do this? Is it worth learning to do in your opinion? Are there any other quick gear change methods that you use.

Personally I try to do this on downshifts all the time so it becomes second nature to me on the track and at first it is quite hard and seems to take forever but now there is not much difference in gear change times.

Buzby · Post by **Buzby** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 8:52 am

I do blip the throttle when changing down and in a suzuki jeep I had I didnt use the clutch all the time as I could change gear cleanly if the revs were matched as in the article. I have occasionally driven vehicles with crash gearboxes (30's stuff), but i could never master double declutching, I used to come to a halt before I'd got the next gear.

Proper double declutching... I think it has a place in modern cars as it is more sympathetic to the gearbox and engine, but tbh I've never used it in any car ive had.

Si_GTi · Post by **Si_GTi** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 9:15 am

I'm crap at it so don't try. But my Mum was taught how to do it back when she was my age, driving Mini Coopers, and she is a master at it!

chrisash32 · Post by **chrisash32** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 9:32 am

Mastered this in my 1992 Fiesta, also used it in my 1997 Ibiza (until the gear box went!!)
Could never do it in the Megane as with it being a Diesel it never had the same effect n seemed to take ages!

Not tried it in the Polo yet, may do later today....

Chris

Dee-vub · Post by **Dee-vub** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 10:14 am

I'v tried it but properly sucked at it. I love to know how to properly do it though

omicron · Post by **omicron** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 1:26 pm

Nope, I can, but there's no point doing it in a modern car.

I blip change when I'm in one of the trucks or the van with a load on (particularly round hills). Most normally in a manual car, I use very little clutch at all. Done wrong, it's not great for the gearbox, but if you know the car, it's the best way to look after the clutch and gearbox. My old Panda's clutch was near dead when I got it, and no worse when I got rid 20-odd k later, so it must work.

Redline · Post by **Redline** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 3:54 pm

I tend to 'heel n toe' in the GTi.

Do it a lot now, partly to increase the mechanical sympathy but also because the GTi sounds great when you blip the throttle on the downshift!

SpikeyG40 · Post by **SpikeyG40** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 5:07 pm

i've tried but i does seem to take ages. i do it all the time in our second world war style jeep but thats a whole different ball game!

however, after chatthing to a policeman friend of mine, he told me about a thing called substained idle (i think). basically, you keep your revs up while changing gear so that when you lift the clutch, your revs are already matched! i do that quite alot, give a smoother drive!

dino · Post by **dino** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 5:47 pm

I've tried and couldn't get used to it. I've tried Heal and Toe'ing but the Polo pedals are not set up for it.

MaxZ · Post by **MaxZ** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 6:03 pm

i've done it before in my old car, a bit scared of doing it in the polo though