kontakterr61

i was driving 35 mph, and i accidentally shifted from 3rd gear to 1st gear b/c i was on the phone and shifted with the buttons on the steering wheel...i was wondering if this damaged my tranny...thanks!

KSpider

As long as you didnt red line... but it wouldnt have let you...

kontakterr61

wouldnt it wear the tranny though?

KSpider

I think first gear redlines just above 35mph correct? We you doing it while slowing down or were you on the gas looking for more torque?

kontakterr61

accidentally...it actuallly passed just below 5.2k rpm

goldfishhh

Are you sure? One click would have made you go into 2nd. A second later you would have gone into 1st. I'm betting that your foot was off of the gas when it started to shift.

The tranny is programed so that you can't do stoopid stuff. Even if the engine redlined (which I find it hard to believe), the rev limiter would have kicked in.

I do manage to "downshift" into 1st in WOT at 25-27mph. The car will jump into 1st and be at 5800rpm, hit 6500 and then jump back into 2nd.

In short, you are fine. Tips are idiot proof.

And yes. I have a tip.

goldfishhh

During an AutoX you are between 1st and 2nd about a dozen times with RPM's between 800 and 6500.

Relax.

No problems.

goldfishhh

Have you ever redlined your car?

Yer fine!

needforsleep

the tip won't let you do bad things....so as long as you weren't in it long you should be fine.

FireBirdSC

2nd - if 1st gear is too low of a gear, the computer would not let you shift into it. That's one of the points about having a Tip. In manual you can do whatever you want, here the computer still restricts on what you can and cannot do.

Either way, pay attention to your driving and stop talking on your cell phone.