Admittedly I have only had my car for 1 month and 1 day. But it does not bother me AT ALL.
Why is it such an issue with many of you?
It is only active when you are going dog slow so why would you want 2nd gear. You are already going damn slow with very little RPM.

I have yet to find a time where I am left thinking "damnit! I want 2nd now!"....


Besides, you can go half into 4th then right into 2nd if you want.. or just skip 4th and go up into 3rd...


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Psycho Cabbage
2002 Camaro Z28
(6 sp) Bone stock
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-Traded in- 1995 Camaro Z28 (A4 (#6 I might add!),ES tranny mount and torque arm bushing,SLP CAI,ASP 34% Underdrive,Strange 3.73's (shredded Auburn),1LE alum driveshaft & intake elbow,Yokohamas AVS Intermediates,160-stat,MAF screen removed, HPP+(for shift points only),Borla Y-pipe, Flowmaster Force-II catback, Gutted Cat, Airlift Airbag, !TB Bypass, J&M LCA's, Bosch Platinums, Moroso BlueMax Wires, Free RamAir, Meziere Electric H2O pump, MAC 3point STB, BMR Panhard, SCR SFC's
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0-60MPH 4.8sec
1987 Porsche 944S (waiting on LT1 mod)

 

I have thought about getting one but it doesn't bother me as much now. Only has car 3 weeks. Like you said you don't have to go into fourth. Just keep the clutch in and go into third. I usually give first enough gas to not worry about it anymore. Sometimes I'll just shift into second right away. Our cars have this to meet EPA standards, but since I usually give first a good amount of gas my mileage sucks anyhow and the car is new. My dealer service manager asked to if I wanted to install one. I might still order one.

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2002, M-6 Blk with grey
leather,hurst
shifter,3.42 gears with
with ASR and power
everything,500 watt
stereo with cd stacker

 

It doesn't bother me one bit. I actually like it. It is easy to "override"

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2001 Trans Am M6

 

It's a pain because when I'm driving and just taking it easy, I'll go to shift into second, and it's locked. If I go ahead and let it slide into 4th, typically the RPM's are around 900 and the car bogs.
I typically give it a little more gas and wait for the "skip shift" light to go out and put it in 3rd. It's not a BIG deal, just a bit of a pain.

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2001 Camaro SS
Onyx w/black interior
M6 w/Hurst
Lid w/K&N
MAF
JET module (stage 2)
True duals
No ET yet
Kills: 3
Losses: 0

 

I dont like the idea of a computer telling me where to shift. I'll shift when and to where I want to. The fact is that when I'm out cruising, I'll sometimes be going just slow enough for CAGS to kick in, and it just pisses me off, cuz i expect to be able to put it in 2nd, but NO i've got a bar telling me to go into 4th.....Also, when your goin slow that doesn't mean that you might not want to give it some gas in 2nd.... with CAGS you go first to fourth.... and trust me, you get no pickup in 4th when your engine is at about 1200rpm.
Just my .02

 

I agree with black Z, its the principal of the thing. Its not difficult to override but its like having your dad in the car telling you to "slow down" "take it easy"... I ordered a skip-shift eliminator but it dosn't work and Im to lazy to send it back so I just ignore it now. Maybe this will give me the incentive to get off my lazy @ss and get a new one.

 

well, I guess I just dont get annoyed with gas saving features these days.. I dont run it hard unless I have ample room ahead and if there is cause for it.. If it kicks in, its no big deal and I try to make a game of it.. Besides I think its a kewl feeling to slide into 4th...

thanks for the replies.. I was just wondering why so many people seem to hate it enough to consider it a "mod" that people should do right off the bat...

I know I wont be doing it on my car..

 

I like sliding into 4th too....from 6th

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2001 Camaro SS
Onyx w/black interior
M6 w/Hurst
Lid w/K&N
MAF
JET module (stage 2)
True duals
No ET yet
Kills: 3
Losses: 0

 

Exactly why we bought M6's and not A4's

 

I didn't mind it for the first few weeks either. Probably because my car never saw below 3000 rpms in first gear for the first few weeks. Get caught in a traffic jam a few times and you will see how much of a pain in the *** it can be.

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2002 Navy Blue Metallic Trans Am WS-6, 6 Speed,
MTI Lid, Fernco Mod, K&N, FRA!, Maf Ported, CAGS!, B&M Ripper, B&B Tri Flo Exhaust


SLP Long Tubes on order

White 97' 30th Aniv. Z Automatic, No Orange Stripes, Suncoast Hood, March Pulley, Maf Screen Removed, Moroso 8mm Wires, Ed Wright Program, 160 stat, Motive 3.73's, Flowmaster muffler, Lt-4 KM, 1.6.1 Roller Rockers, 1LE Bellows.,SLP Cold Air, Nitto DR's, TB By pass, BBK 52mm TB , AFPR,Lt-4 Hot Cam, Vigilanty 2800-3000 stall, Mezier electric water pump, Hooker Super Comps, Mufflex y pipe and 3 inch intermediate pipe, LS1 Drive Shaft GTP Stage II heads, Comp Cams R Lifters, Trick Flow Push Rods and SVO 24 lb. injectors.

60' 1.789
1/4 12.207
Mph 113.22

 

Exactly what Leatherneck said, if you drive in the city very much you'll know why we hate it. A lot of times your going to fast for first but not fast enough for fourth.

 

If you shift into second immediately after starting out you can avoid the skipshift. This is what I do in traffic and I deal with traffic constantly living in Southern Cal. Also ours cars have so much torque sometimes I'll just startout in second.

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2002, M-6 Blk with taupe leather,Hurst shifter with Lou's short stick,ASR,CD stacker and all other options

 

And another reason why its nice to go to 2nd instead of 4th is that you never know when a mustang is going to roll up next to you and you dont want to waste time shifting back into a lower gear.

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1999 Z28
Hooker Aero Chamber muffler, TBB, 160* T-stat, free ram air mod

 

I know my car is only an LT1, but I hate it so much now I'm in a situation where I have to fix my whole entire clutch system to get it back to where it was before..very smooth and responsive. A split second I totally forgot about it, and it got stuck in 2nd gear and spun out(did this 6 or 7 times) now it has hard shifting and my car feels very slow now.

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96 Z28 Teal Color(6speed stock for now)42,000 miles and still rolling...
Mods to accomplish:
SLP Headers
SLP CAI
SLP Skip Shift Eliminator
SLP Clutch Set
160 thermostat
GMMG Chambered Exhaust

 

Ok... well if I am going to race I know I am going to race.. If you are being surprised by cars on the road mysteriously appearing next to you I think you need to pay more attention to your driving...

?? You have totally lost me on this post and its relevance.