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Originally Posted by tranzformer
Most of the time going up mountain passes you have to pass slow moving semis and other drivers that are in the right lane. Might as well downshift and finish the pass properly. Probably more efficient instead of leaving it in 6th and bogging the engine down.
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my celica hovers around 3k rpms on the highway and i rarely leave 6th to pass anyone, i use about 10% more throttle to pass someone, you probably wont need to downshift to pass anyone, but it will be more fun if you do..
theres a hill by my house thats a 15% grade on the freeway and i dont need to leave 6th to climb it either, i cruise at 70 and my pedal doesnt really move when i go up that hill...
lighter cars dont struggle as much up hills even though they are torque less wonders...