Does anyone really refer to their speedometer to shift?

After driving any manual car for a few weeks you learn just by sound when is the right point to shift.

When I am taking it east, I shift soon. When I want to drive harder and really push it, I shift at much higher RPM's.

And as one driver stated, I hope you didn't buy this car for fuel efficiency, because this is not that kind of car.

 

But it can be. The beauty of this car is that it can be an econobox if the owner so desires it to be. And when the spirit moves ya, this car can be a "performer". That's purely up to each owner's perogative. It's his car. He can buy it for whatever reason he wants.
In Canadian gallons, I have been known to get 39.9 mpg. Even now with a S/C, I can still get 36.9 mpg when I run the highway and set the cruise. It is truly a car with a dual personality.

 

 

There is another dimension to this - it has to do with how hard you press the accelerator.

In the carburetor days, the advice was to press the pedal as if an egg were between your foot and the pedal - this was because the carbs would shoot a lot of juice with a sharp pedal press, and most of it was wasted due to the imprecise (compared to now) fuel metering.

With modern fuel-injected cars, it has been demonstrated (in SAE studies) that the best fuel economy is reached by getting into the top gears relatively quickly. No, not WOT shifts in the lower gears, but good, crisp acceleration within the RPM limits already posted. You kind of have to get a feel for it, and chart your progress.

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by xviper

 

As long as you stay below Vtech (6000 RPM) you will get the best fuel efficiency

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by xviper

 

What year is your car? Enter your VIN under your user profile to change your status to owner. If your car in an '00-'01 there is a TSB (00-054) for this problem.
https://www.s2ki.com/user/content/view/full/277/

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Road Rage

 

I need a Mr. Fusion.