I wonder of anyone else here does this. I drive manual[1], but rarely use the clutch.
I use it to start moving in 1st gear then can shift between all tho other gears without it. You have to get to know the speed where the engine and drivetrain are matched. It's not that hard after a while. Shifting between 3-4th is easiest, 1st and 2nd the hardest.
I can even downshift too without clutch. You have to rev the engine a bit while in neutral to anticipate the higher RPM speed that the lower gear would require, then it slips in easily.
I never grind gears doing this.
I injured my left leg which made it hard to use the clutch and drove like this for a year.
[1] I prefer manuals because of the onboard computer, especially in Toyotas which are suspect to me due to the 'unintended acceleration'[2] problems from a few years back. Even if the computer pegs the gas due to a bug, I can disengage the transmission. Done. Apparently they reviewed the code as a result of the problems, and it is a horrible mass of spaghetti code with hundreds of global variables.
[2] The problem may not have been software and might have been driver error + statistical clustering. E.g.: the driver puts his foot on the gas thinking it's the brake, and due to the stress of the situation can't switch pedals because the urge to stop the car overrides any other thinking.
Clutchless shifting is a lot of fun, but hard to do truly properly. With synchromesh, you may not be audibly grinding the gears, but you are going to wear the synchros unless your rev-matching is very good.
I use it to start moving in 1st gear then can shift between all tho other gears without it. You have to get to know the speed where the engine and drivetrain are matched. It's not that hard after a while. Shifting between 3-4th is easiest, 1st and 2nd the hardest.
I can even downshift too without clutch. You have to rev the engine a bit while in neutral to anticipate the higher RPM speed that the lower gear would require, then it slips in easily.
I never grind gears doing this.
I injured my left leg which made it hard to use the clutch and drove like this for a year.
[1] I prefer manuals because of the onboard computer, especially in Toyotas which are suspect to me due to the 'unintended acceleration'[2] problems from a few years back. Even if the computer pegs the gas due to a bug, I can disengage the transmission. Done. Apparently they reviewed the code as a result of the problems, and it is a horrible mass of spaghetti code with hundreds of global variables.
[2] The problem may not have been software and might have been driver error + statistical clustering. E.g.: the driver puts his foot on the gas thinking it's the brake, and due to the stress of the situation can't switch pedals because the urge to stop the car overrides any other thinking.