09 corolla off the road after a week so so sad :(

[whitestivo]

take a little bit longer on your gear changes and your box will thank you for it

ask northy about over revving on the downshift and the consequences.

whitestivo

[One-pager]

They must have really forced the stick into first because at that speed, the shifter should have been knocking you back from slotting it into first.

[Evo7]

They must have really forced the stick into first because at that speed, the shifter should have been knocking you back from slotting it into first.

hmmm, are you sure that it would do that? i heard that the ZRE manuals doesnt have anything that prevents this sort of events from happening...?

Congrats on getting it fixed mate B)

Evo

[Hiro]

They must have really forced the stick into first because at that speed, the shifter should have been knocking you back from slotting it into first.

hmmm, are you sure that it would do that? i heard that the ZRE manuals doesnt have anything that prevents this sort of events from happening...?

Congrats on getting it fixed mate B)

Evo

There isn't a physical thing that prevents it, just the extreme differences in gear speeds so that the synchros have trouble making the gears mesh. Try coasting along at 100km/h or so with the clutch in, and then try and select first or second (as long as you keep the clutch in the engine won't over-rev) - it will be bloody hard, if not impossible. Hell, shifting into first above about 30km/h is hard enough, let alone at 100.