Originally Posted by TaekOne
mm, true that...
oh, and on another note, someone also once told me that resting your hand on the shifter of automatics can put unnecssary (and i guess unhealthy) pressure on your tranny, too. is that made up? or is there some truth to that...
BS...on a automatic. On newer automatics...the shifting is almost completely electronic anyway. I'm not totally sure if there even is a mechanical linkage to the tranny other than for park and possbily neautral and reverse.
Could cause some wear on a manual however. The shift fork may be rubbing on the gear very slightly. But overall it shouldn't do anything.
As for shifitng fast... if the clutch is fully engaged or if the RPM's are matched perfectly, no additonal wear... but overall not a great idea. I doubt your pushign in teh clutch that fast... which means your partly doing clutchless shifting. No a good idea unless it's a sequential geabox...your is not.