I know our cars definately have the low end power to handle a skip shift from 1-3 or even 1-4 but it begs the question ... why?
Is this approach to shifting going to save us any gas? Reduce stress on the engine? Or what? What are the upsides and downsides to skip shifting?
The reason I even bring this up is my brothers Trans AM WS6 has a skip shift built into it that FORCES you into 4th from 1st if you accelerate slowly. I hate the sound it makes when you press on the gas again and the RPM's are slightly lower than 1k. GM claims fuel economy as the reasoning, which is stupid of course on a 5.7 V8 but :shrug: Is this truly the reason?
Is this approach to shifting going to save us any gas? Reduce stress on the engine? Or what? What are the upsides and downsides to skip shifting?
The reason I even bring this up is my brothers Trans AM WS6 has a skip shift built into it that FORCES you into 4th from 1st if you accelerate slowly. I hate the sound it makes when you press on the gas again and the RPM's are slightly lower than 1k. GM claims fuel economy as the reasoning, which is stupid of course on a 5.7 V8 but :shrug: Is this truly the reason?