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Originally Posted by dssence
Hi well like the post says.. I own a toyota 86 FT manual, and I'd like to know what 's the best way to shift gears and have a nice fuel economy rate about 25mpg like most ppl state.
I don't know if my driving habits are bad or whats up , but I've taken my car from the dealer with the tank filled up have done like 89km and have half a tank left.
So maybe I'm shifting gears badly at bad rpms. A friend of mine told me to keep rpms below 3000rpm not to consume excesive fuel.
but what would be the best manual shifting practice. Start car 1st gear, then 2nd gear those gears are the most fuel demanding ones.. then 3rd .. move to 4th .. Then should I stay driving the car in 5th and 6th gear?
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Do this with Manual Transmission:
Without the clutch pressed in, just press the START button to get the car in ACC mode, or turn your key to the ACC Mode.
Press ODO/TRIP to cycle to "G – ON" on display.
Press and hold to cycle ON/OFF.
With this setting ON, while driving you will see which gear your car is in located in the Odometer display.
***IT WILL ALSO show you a small UP ARROW to indicate when to shift for max fuel economy.***
This is different from your REV Indicator. The small fuel economy arrow will be located in Odometer area. Once you hit the best RPMs to shift for max fuel economy a small up arrow will pop up showing you that now is the best time to shift up for max fuel.
Hope that is what you're looking for!
FYI: There is another setting there called Needle or N...I can't remember exactly. Most people don't know what this does...so I'll tell you. With Needle turned ON, when you start the car the tach needle will roll up to the highest RPM setting you have your REV Indicator set to...and then back down to 0. With Needle turned OFF, when you start your car the tach needle will not move. BORING! Turn it ON so you can see that Tach needle go up and back down because race car!
