lol reading some of these posts... for me i v-tec out when leaving my house to enter the highway mostly everyday, and on occasion on the streets i v-tec. but mostly city driving so slow shifts and trying to get every drop of my gas to good use.

 

Those of you that shift at 5 around town must not have a loud car, lol. Either that or you like getting tickets.

 

my best mpg in 6th gear is around 55-65 mph.

but the way i drive.. i lowered my vtec so i basically vtec every where i go. but conservative driving and shifting when i want to get the best mpg, i shift around 3200-3500 rpm.

 

Drive it like I stole it...modifry's shift beeper saves me over-revs, but I wait for those three beeps to shift almost every time. Plus hitting 140mph / cruising 120mph on the autobahn on my way to-from work ensures the WORST gas mileage, but biggest grin on my face! I am lucky to get 200miles on a tank...Still, I LOVE being in Germany with a car made for the roads here.

 

i could care less about miles per gallon, so i just drive it however i feel like driving it usually. the one thing that kind of holds me back from driving more aggressively most of the time is the fact that the car is loud lol

 

Lol i drive it like i stole it. But really i have been driving her slow lately around 2-3.5k shifts. But about every other day i will hit vetec. Dam i average way higher than most of u must be a Rio Yellow thing. My average is 31mpg city that was last week.

 

i shift at 5k and vtec atleast three times going to work and since i get off at 2am im contantly in vtec. vtec was meant to be used.

 

i was like you for months, but i finally started VTEC'ing on a regular basis and i haven't looked back. at least once a day, usually 4 or 5 though.

 

Most of the time I drive like a sane human being. However, sometimes, when the conditions are ripe for the taking, I become possessed. Possessed by the animalistic urge to make the engine sing to me while the tires beg me to stop and drive it like the little Japanese men who designed it had in mind. Single exhaust ftw!

 

It's your car. Do what you want with it.

That said, I don't get feeling bad for driving the car the way it was meant to be driven. I feel bad for you and your car. Maybe try autocrossing or taking it to the track.

If that doesn't do it for you, don't worry about it. It's perfectly suited just for cruising.

[QUOTE=hellspare,Oct 13 2009, 10:23 PM]Those of you that shift at 5 around town must not have a loud car, lol.