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Originally Posted by subwaynm
I've only driven this little Gem of a Car now for two weeks but I've read a bunch about how it lacks power... Well today I was driving around town like city driving and happen to come to me that I was going through the first four gears and wasn't much over 40mph???? ..........
Thanks for sharing your opinions
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How ya do-en, subwaynm ......
Sounds like you're easing through the break-in period .... and that's OK.
I think you'll find, that after the engine gets limbered up and you feel comfortable in running up to 6,000 + rpms, the gears "spread out"......
In fact 4th gear in the MT, will take all the way up to 100 mph.
Yep, it took me a while to get comfortable with an engine spinning at 7,000+ rpms ...... since where I "came from", 3,500 rpms was ...... "screaming".
I think, after break in, you will find your comfort shift point around 6,000 rpms .... and it appears the little engine likes to run at that pace ....
humfrz