Exactly, I thought the way I said it mentioned the difference in the post. Here is a quote:
"That is called 'double clutching' if the clutch is in there, but a clutch isn't needed, a power shift can be done with a little practice."
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT'sLOL Anyone who has ever owned an older VW, like the "real" bug or the old air cooled mini bus has probably already learned to drive with the clutch cable broken. I drove my '66 mini bus for about a week without the clutch until I could get a new clutch cable (the coat hanger fix only worked about a day before it wore completely through.). You just have to have a good battery and get used to shutting the motor off at stop signs and red lights. They actually shift pretty smoothly when you just back off the gas a bit. (The real old ones without 1st gear synchronizers only go down to 2nd, though.)
Approximately 11/12/03 08:00, TJim uttered for posterity:
Add the '65 and later Corvairs to that. Luckily even the turbo had enough torque to allow you to start it in gear, and the synchros were good enough to allow clutchless shifting.
Yup, that fits me to a T. I learned on my Bug the same way.
They also were a low rpm engine and sure shifted easy eh.
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT'sTJim wrote:
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