Downshifting During Driving Test
Topic 1469 | Page 2
You had a big push for a bunch of years to get the automatics ironed out but it never happened and now it seems everyone is abandoning them for now. I'm really shocked about that. I thought for sure that before long they'd have it nailed down and most of the industry would go to automatics.
I drove for US Xpress for a handful of years and we had automatics. They were great to drive but the reliability wasn't very good and not many places could fix em.
If the synchronizers were durable enough they would certainly be using them. It would make shifting way, way easier.
Mark, when you float the gears , you shift by the RPMS. Say your truck upshifts at 1400 rpms, and downshifts at 1100....then you will learn to shift by rpms. A few things may change your rpms...like how heavy or light your load is, terrain. "back in the day"..(no funnies, Raodkill) it was harder, but with the newer synchronized transmissions, its super easy...You will pick it up really easy...its easier than double clutching !!!
"back in the day"..(no funnies, Raodkill)
Moi???? 
Float The Gears:
An expression used to describe someone who is shifting gears without using the clutch at all. Drivers are taught to "Double Clutch" or press and release the clutch twice for each gear shift. If you're floating gears it means you're simply shifting without using the clutch at all.
Double Clutch:
To engage and then disengage the clutch twice for every gear change.
When double clutching you will push in the clutch, take the gearshift out of gear, release the clutch, press the clutch in again, shift the gearshift into the next gear, then release the clutch.
This is done on standard transmissions which do not have synchronizers in them, like those found in almost all Class A trucks.
Double Clutching:
To engage and then disengage the clutch twice for every gear change.
When double clutching you will push in the clutch, take the gearshift out of gear, release the clutch, press the clutch in again, shift the gearshift into the next gear, then release the clutch.
This is done on standard transmissions which do not have synchronizers in them, like those found in almost all Class A trucks.
Ya didn't even say anything about me miss spelling your handle 
But...back in the day.....it wouldn't have mattered anyway...cut it would have been on a piece of rock, hand crafted...
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Dang...I just figured that they had gone to synchro....I stand corrected....