Short drive in my Nissan 200 STI, SR20VE motor. Equipped the go pro mic in the engine bay to try and get a pure sound out of it. PS :There's no ITBS LOL!....
Assalamu'alaikum..your car it's a right hand drive, where are you from? I'm from Indonesia, in here we drive RHD too. I'm planning to build a B13, better too late than never :) maybe you can share some info
My guess is he doesn't want to bang the gears and shifting that slow let's the rpms drop off too much for a smooth transition to the next gear. Idk I'm not a gynecologist tho.