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Originally Posted by Swank
I put the car in neutral and was still coasting along not losing much speed at all, and I let the RPMs drop all the way (foot was off the clutch too). I slowly began giving it gas while GENTLY pulling the stick to 4th gear (not pressing clutch). The stick wouldn't move when the RPMs weren't near the aforementioned 'target', and there was no grinding or anything, but as soon as the RPMs were at the right speed to match the engine, the stick moved effortlessly into 4th.
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Thanks. That's about what I thought the process involved, but like you said, it's so easy to rev-match wrong and get a grind that I'm hesitant to try it. My parents have a POS Sportage 5-speed though that I might try this out on anyways.