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      01-15-2009, 04:58 AM   #35
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Originally Posted by koala View Post
This isn't the first car I've owned where tons of people complained about grinding into second gear. My experience tends to point to that people just need to adjust their approach to changing gears. I've never experienced grinding on any car I've owned, and I've owned a few where people claim the gearbox has issues.

And to say that double-clutching on a sychronized gear box is needed, that's just silly.
Although it works with trucks, non-sycro square cut gears, and the like, it was a joke that a BMW would need to be double shifted to keep from grinding.
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