Downshifting
Jan 23, 2012 | 06:06 PM
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Downshifting
Dear Ferrari owners,
Do you downshift ur ferrari to gear 1? I test drove my friend's 430 and i was told not to downshift to gear 1 as there is no need too. And i tried a few times and the car jerk like it want my organs to misplace.
Hope anyone can clarify this for me. Or does this only applied to the 430 and not on 458 and ff?
Thanks guys
Do you downshift ur ferrari to gear 1? I test drove my friend's 430 and i was told not to downshift to gear 1 as there is no need too. And i tried a few times and the car jerk like it want my organs to misplace.
Hope anyone can clarify this for me. Or does this only applied to the 430 and not on 458 and ff?
Thanks guys
Jan 23, 2012 | 06:25 PM
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As in i was driving in manual mode and slowly down towards a traffic light, i down shifted from gear 3 to gear 1. And why would i not downshift to 1st gear? The rev downshifting sound made me feel like a kid haha
Jan 23, 2012 | 06:28 PM
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In My Turbo I do on occasion, if I dont want it to do it automatically when I stop like when I am e tering my driveway which is steep from the street I put it into first. There is no harm in doing so on any Dual Clutch tranny.
