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Old 08-01-2011, 04:58 AM   #3 (permalink)
Frank Lee
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Blue - '93 Ford Tempo
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"Yahoo answers"- well there you have it. Not.

If the transmission seems to "like" it i.e. there's no grinding or crunching on gear changes, I can't imagine any harm from it. I've been skipping gears on the Tempos for many years with no issues. However I've found Metros don't like it- no matter how carefully I clutch or even try to rev-match, there a little "grunch" from a Metro trans when I tried to skip, so I don't do it in them.
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