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Pooh Bear > wrote:
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>Old Wolf wrote:
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>> Changing from 1-2 and 2-1 still involves the diagonal push (or pull
>> if you are in a left-hand-drive car, I imagine), that way it can
>> never go wrong and accidentally select 4 instead of 2, etc.
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>Eh ?
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>To move 1-2 or 2-1 just push forwards or rearwards, ensuring the biasing
>spring doesn't move it towards 3-4.

Yep. And with my own car, a one-motion shift from 5 to 6 is much more
reliable than a "stop in neutral and select the next gear" shift,
which has the potential of selecting reverse instead. (well,
attempting to select reverse). Not the shift pattern I would have
chosen, granted.
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