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on 5/9/2003 6:45 AM, Aaron Clow at vw_variant71@yahoo.com wrote: > Fun stuff... I've always wondered on my Jetta whether > or not this would "save" the clutch as long as you can > downshift/upshift correctly without grinding > anything... If you only used the clutch for coming to > a stop and then starting out in first gear, then did > the clutchless shifting thing the rest of the time > (and did it right), could you get much more out of > your clutch or is it that first gear takeoff that > causes most of the wear? Shifting without the clutch is hard on the syncros, so it is not a good idea to do it all the time. Practice on the Jetta to save your squarebacks' gearbox! ;-) Ben Doughney '63 1200 - Ringo '71 1600TL '65 1500N - Val http://members.tripod.com/~superkafer/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org