#2937, "RE: Double clutching question" In response to In response to 6
>You can double clutch while upshifting or downshifting. > >With cars today there is no point in double clutching unless >your synchros have gone bad. That's why you have synchros, so >you don't have to double clutch. And there is no point in >saving wear on the synchros, since for normal driving and with >proper tranny maintenance synchros should last quite a long >time. > >So, unless you are driving a 1950s packard or studebaker, or >you lost a synchro, don't worry about it.
A Mercedes mechanic of at least 20 years experience told me this exact same thing. Double clutching is only with cars that have bad or no synchros.