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I also blip the throttle when downshifting. Absolutely useless but the bark from the Specialty Spares make me giggle like a Japanese schoolgirl.



It's not really useless. Pull in the clutch, give a blip of the ol' throttle to try and match the RPMs of the incoming gear. Sometimes a downshift can be absolutely seemless... that's when ya got 'er just right! Less strain on the drive train and as you implied John... a whole lot of fun if ya got nice pipes!!

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