Quote Originally Posted by JAP-S2K View Post
Regardless of the car and make, most manual cars are in 4th at 60-80km/h S2K's included. If you so lazy to change gears, and can't understand why skipping gears in torture on synchro's perhaps buying an S2K was bad choice and maybe an auto CR-V is more your thing.
When I skip gears I actually wait an extra bit of time for the revs to come down then release the clutch, which makes the shift smooth. Is that the type of force you're talking about?

Redlining 1st, shifting to 2nd and releasing the clutch before the revs go enough down is just as bad right?