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Where do you keep your revs?

I'm curious on how you guys and ladies "drive" the car..

The reason I'm asking was that today I basically just used 2 and 3rd gear today keeping the revs up...No highway driving, just enjoying the weather driving around. I basically used 2 to get to the posted speed limit and 3 as my overdrive lol. The revs fell in the 3-4k range. The carjust felt comfortable keeping the revs up and I'm wondering how many keep the revs up like that in normal daily driving. Up to this point I would keep the revs under 3k for the most part unless I'm driving for fun. I understand that there will be more wear and tear doing that...(Gas Adv 24 mpg)

Thanks :thumbup:

I keep mine pretty much in the 2-3k area for normal driving. but I'll keep it above 5 when I want to get in my ... 'happy space' ;)

Usually, by the time I hit 60 km/h (or ~37 mph), I'm in 6th, keeping my revs just under 2k rpms, but that's because I have the TRD exhaust and CAI so anything higher than 2k rpms makes others around me think I'm being a poser and trying to race people.
It usually results in trucks and BMWs go WOT around me lol and I'm not even racing them lol.
Being that low in the revs does reduce available power though, so I have to downshift if I need to speed up quickly. However, there are times were I just cruise in 3rd or 4th to keep the revs up higher and listen to that exhaust with the windows down, and that's fun too. Mostly I'm trying not to be a gas guzzler though so the higher the gear, the better. That's just me though.

TLDR; depends on my mood. High gear and low revs when I'm not trying to attract attention or douchebags. Low gear and high revs when I'm trying to enjoy my car to the fullest.

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Originally Posted by kALMIGHTY (Post 1096686)

Yeah I don't want to give the poser look either. That being said I think when your just cruising and doing that people might just think "because racecar"??? Our car at least looks like it should be making some noise lol
I think Iv been watching too many lotus videos and they always drive the car high in the rev range when just cruising. :D The car just seem to enjoy the high revs tho..

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Originally Posted by Marchy (Post 1096699)

this is about how i feel too. normal driving around 2-3k, and on my backroad fun runs between 5-7 :happyanim:

Because we all know that damn Torque dip makes 4000-5000 useless. :\ :bonk:

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Originally Posted by shiud (Post 1096671)

I keep mine pretty much in the 2-3k area for normal driving. but I'll keep it above 5 when I want to get in my ... 'happy space' ;)

torque dip much?:popcorn:

I have the shift light at 4k so i try to keep it under that. I call that light the fun light. After 4k its fun:D

I usually try to keep it below 2k.

I usually shift at 3000-3500 when driving normally.

4500 when having fun.

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Originally Posted by Muaddib (Post 1096946)

I usually try to keep it below 2k.

even in my mustang below 2k is bogging the engine (and it makes near 300tq at 2.5k i think?)

not sure if srs

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Originally Posted by Muaddib (Post 1096946)

I usually try to keep it below 2k.

That seems to low.:iono:

In traffic (by traffic I mean enough cars on the road to get in my way) I keep her shifting around 2-3k.

All other times 5k+ until I hit 6th gear.

Nothing aggravates me more than feeling the gawddang torque dip. Cant wait to get my tune (and hopefully headers).

when driving through town, ill rev it up all the way. When driving seriously ill rev it all the way. I guess i dont change.