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Originally Posted by smbrm
Thanks Dadhawk, that is indeed useful information. I was wondering about the response in this type of scenario. It sometimes hard to tell the response on the slopes of the torque curve. Was the transmission downshifting from 6th while in cruise control? How controlled was that, would it shift down sequentially or also jump gears eg. 6-4th?
Where will I find your owners journal?
cheers
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Member's Journal section is on the main page, mine specifically starts
here where I am tracking mileage, driving experiences, etc using the FR-S as a daily driver.
It did occasionally shift down to fifth while in cruise control on a particularly steep or long climb, but its an almost undetectable shift (very some, no jerk, etc). I have not experienced it jumping from 6th to 4th directly, although it may if you really stick your foot in it, I have not tried that. Anytime I was being that aggressive, I manually shifted using the paddles.
Bottom line is 6th gear is definitely a "cruising gear". I've posted photos of at speed in 6th car and its barely breaking 2K RPM. Either you or your computer will down shift if you want to gain speed.