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      11-20-2015, 03:17 PM   #58
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Originally Posted by JamesGames View Post
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1st - 2nd = Grab the shifter like a pistol and pull towards you
2nd - 3rd - open palm and turn your palm slightly clockwise and push up and away
3rd - 4th - Put palm on top of shifter and flick the shifter down with your fingers directly into 4th (pistol gripping causes the inclination to pull towards 2nd especially when you are at redline, trying to execute the fastest speed racer shift)
4th - 5th - turn palm slightly clockwise like going 2nd-3rd, and push up up and away
5th-6th - palm opened towards 6th gear gate, push down and away
You describe it exactly how I have been doing it for over 20 years. I grew up on manuals so never really thought about it but you have described it really well. By the way, no one mentioned this year but it is a bad item to permanently rest your hand on the shifter like it was an arm rest. I have seen a lot of folks do it.
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