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Originally Posted by baboracus
the 1st and 2nd gear being on the countershaft... is that why the car always grinds into 2nd gear above 10 MPH? I was hoping my car always grinds into 2nd gear above 10 MPH because it had a bad syncro or anything.
Honestly, in comparison to other cars, an insight is not driver friendly around the city. Yuo basically need to be absolutley stopped if your driving anywhere from 1-8 MPH to get going again (otherwise it will be massive gear grinding to 1st or nearly killing it in 2nd). Also, if driving between 10-20 MPH its the same deal with 2nd and 3rd (massive gear grinding to 2nd, nearly killing it to 3rd).
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Hi baboracus,
It could be that I'm doing things differently than you, but I just thought I 'd throw this out there as a point of reference. I have never had the grinding you seem to be describing. It blocks a downshift into 1st at low speed but below ~10 mph it "pops" in without grinding if I try to force it. I've never really forced it with more than firm pressure. Maybe it would grind if I forced it harder?
I totally agree that the downshifting shift points are annoying. It never "dies" for me while accelerating in 2nd because the IMA kicks in, but I sure don't get moving quickly. I don't remember ever having to force it from 3rd to 2nd, but maybe I've just not tried at the same shift point you have. The only time I've ever had grinding was when I clearly flubbed the clutch pedal (3 times in the last 170k miles, I think).
HTH
