There's an old 1997 Dodge (Grand?) Caravan we may buy as a second "junky, everyday" vehicle. It does fine except, besides reverse being out, it also sometimes will downshift to 2nd or 3rd gear around 60mph. This causes the tachometer, which will normally be around 2000 rpm at this speed...
When I put my foot on the gas pedal it climbs up in RPM's but doesn't stop and downshift when it get's past 2000...... 3000..... 4000... I let go and try to let it fall back down but it goes down slowly, and my car will only be inching down the road. I accelerate again and it just revs the...
How can I correct my downshifting (e.g. 4th to 3rd to 2nd) so that it isn't so jerky? Whenever I do it I get a sudden rev and afterwards the car jumps forward a little bit. I've read about rev-matching but never fully understood how to do it. Help please?
When I'm dricing my car, I love to rev-match on the down shifts so the car doesn't buck and jerk crazy (and it saves the clutch).
On a motorcycle, is this behavior even more noticeable, or do you not need to bother blipping the throttle on the downshift?