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Posted:  8 years, 9 months ago

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Why Double-Clutch?

Hello,

For 3 years now I have had my CDL and have been driving tractor-trailers, mostly pulling bulk hopper trailers and pneumatics.

My mother-in-law recently gave us her old 2005 Dodge Neon SX 2.0 as a free second car. This is the first car I have ever driven with a standard transmission – I have only driven trucks with standard transmissions, not cars. All the cars I’ve ever owned have been automatics.

I seem to be able to shift this car fine without double-clutching just like when I drove truck. In truck driving school we were taught to “float” the gears, and the instructors tried hard to break any double clutching habits of students. (There’s no requirement to double clutch on a road test here in Canada.) My wife and my mother, on the other hand, double clutch like it is a life or death necessity.

Could someone clarify this for me: Is it necessary to double clutch in a car and not in a truck, and if that is the case, why is that?

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