Can I damage anything shifting to 3rd instead of fifth?

 

That will depend on how fast you were going at the time.

 

70 mph

 

How high did RPMs go is the real question.

 

I dunno, I heard it roar and stomped on the clutch again

 

Probably fine if you were real quick on the clutch engagement.

 

70mph is fine in 3rd gear.

 

Thanks , I was getting worried that I did some damage. I just got the car

 

thats fine.. i did that several times with my old car when i was a newb on manual transmission

 

LOL.... I been down that road in an old car of mine, but in the way it can hurt something. Top of 4th... shifting to 5th, wooops 3rd... rpm jump, car slows down, instantly press in clutch after a split second... no harm done. Lucky.

 

Thats called money shifting :-)

I actualy did the same exact thing, 5-10 mph slower, a few months ago but was too embarresed to post about it...

To this day I still have times where I feel my car is slower because of this.

 

This.

 

The money shift is 2nd(redline) to 1st haha. Nothing else is nearly as painful as that....

 

I hope to never experience that