If anyone really wants lessons, head over to
http://www.standardshift.com which is a forum entirely about driving manual transmissions.
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Originally Posted by CanadianRocky
Now, if what you want is smooth up-shifting use this method.
Accerate only enough to give you enough power to accelerate in the next gear.
In other words, take it up to about 2000 rpm in first and up-shift[...]
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Good point. I didn't want to make it that complicated, I was just responding to the guy who asked if giving it some gas during an upshift is correct.
I actually practice your method, to an extreme in my normal daily driving. I shift out of 1st at about 1000rpm; then 2->3 at 1200; then 3->4 at 1400; then 4->5 at 1500. My little VW is no torque beast but it's decently torquey for an econobox and low-geared. I save a lot of gas, my shifts are very smooth, and I'm not holding up traffic.
I do wish for another 5 gears when I get to 5th before 30mph, though.