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Originally Posted by Da Brz
I don't want to get into a fight about how best to negotiate low speeds in these cars.
I just want to point out that you guys running 55mph in your cars at 3k rpm or whatever don't need to do that and are basically just being wasteful.
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Originally Posted by Da Brz
And I tried explaining it to you two times. 3k rpms -- even 2k rpms -- in a parking lot is way too fast even in first gear. To maintain a low enough speed at that high an rpm would require a lot of clutch slipping. If you AREN'T slipping the clutch then you're going too damn fast and it will require a lot of herky-jerky bullshit driving.
And there's no defending your 55 @ 3k statement. It's blatantly ignorant by the very fact that this car has a sixth gear. If you're cruising down the highway with the cruise control on, use your damn sixth gear. It has nothing to do with "saving $20 a year" on gas. That's just basic driving a car.
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Again a change in criteria of the statement. Your first statement implies that the revs should always be low and does not say anything about cruising down the highway with cruise on.
There is nothing wrong with cruising at 3,000. Nothing at all. I cruise at 3,200 in 6th to go 70. Should I have another gear to keep revs down?