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Old 03-29-2004, 08:56 AM
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Default 5th Gear... use it?

found myself rarely use the 5th compared to other gears... is it just me?

city driving at 4th .... highway at 6th... heh heh...
Old 03-29-2004, 09:02 AM
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I usually stay in 5th in city (providing i'm trying to stay withing speed limits) but mostly 6th.

And no, keeping my car @ 3k revs will not bog the engine when I upshift.
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Most likely skipping 6th....all the time I'm on hwy it's either traffic jam or just isnt that smooth....5th is more than enough for me most of the time...

If I have an exhaust I might just do 3/4 gear all da way and make other cars beside me deaf!
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I will admit I jump all around and skip over gears both up shifting and downshifting, but I don't think there is any one gear I don't use a lot.
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I use it. Will probably use it more in the future...
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don't get me wrong... i downshift from 6th to 5th... i do use it...

just that i don't find myself cursing with 5th.. that's all.. heh
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Originally posted by Mannn
just that i don't find myself cursing with 5th.. that's all.. heh
so you curse about the other gears? what did they do to you? is it cuz you left them at your rob?
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of course.. drop down to 5th, build up the rev's to slam back into 6th to ..

other occasion.. keep it 5th on stretches of certain highways at times.. just to hear the buzzin' hornets of the f20c ..
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of course.. drop down to 5th, build up the rev's to slam back into 6th to .. well you what

other occasion.. keep it 5th on stretches of certain highways at times.. just to hear the buzzin' hornets of the f20c ..
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got double post?


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