Can You Skip Gears When Upshifting?

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Manual transmission vehicles can skip gears when upshifting or downshifting. Relevant explanations are as follows: 1. Half-clutch: When shifting gears, it is necessary to depress the clutch pedal to disconnect the engine from the transmission. The reason for depressing the clutch pedal during gear shifts is the significant speed difference between the engine flywheel and the clutch disc. Half-clutch is required when starting the vehicle. If the clutch pedal is released abruptly during startup, the vehicle will stall. 2. Reducing speed difference: At this point, the engine flywheel has a certain rotational speed, while the clutch disc's speed is 0. Rapidly engaging the clutch when there is a large speed difference between the flywheel and the clutch disc will cause the engine to stall. The same applies when shifting gears. If you want to skip gears when upshifting or downshifting, you need to minimize the speed difference between the engine flywheel and the clutch disc.