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Do you short-shift your manual transmission vehicle?

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In my case, 5th gear gets skipped 95% of the time. The 4-5-6 spacing in the Regal is just too close, so I've found that holding 4th gear up to 55 and then shifting directly to 6th lands me right around 1,800 RPM. 2k RPM is really the sweet spot when cruising, there's plenty of torque available to pull off a 55-75 passing maneuver without downshifting out of 6th.

The owners manual specifically calls out this this procedure (skip-shifting) and admonishes it in big bold type. I've driven...

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