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6 is rarely used except when the road is long and clear and theres no reason to speed up.
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Hey there,
I read not to let the engine "lug" and that these cars are meant to be driven to the upper parts of the RPM range. Sounds good (and fun) to me, but what to do on highway, on say 2 hour trip. Seems like 6th gear is all lug at normal (legal) speeds. Am I supposed to leave it in 5th, or 4th? I keep it in lower gear on twistys but am I supposed to just leave it there in traffic? I do sometimes just to listen but is that bad?
Thanks
On a well broken-in engine... a 6th gear at 70MPH on a flat road is about 3000RPM , far from lugging the engine. Lugging the engine would be dropping it close to 1000RPM.
stay above 2000 and you dont have to worry about lugging.
4-5 on the highway is usually what i do
3rd for overtaking
6 is rarely used except when the road is long and clear and theres no reason to speed up.
Usually shift between 3 and 4 , feels the best in that rpm range. On the highway again, usually between 3 and 4. I concur with others,I think lugging is bad for any vehicle. Definitely try and stay above 2000rpms. Anything lower then that , and the car will just look at you, as if to say...." what the ????
Cheers and safe driving.
6th gear is fine at 55 -60 mph (unless you're climing hills). If you want to cruise at a higher RPM (maybe you like putting gas in your car) then no harm will come to the engiine in a lower gear, You can drive all day long with the engine above 4,000 rpm with no problem. If you had a tiptronic, it would be in overdrive at highway speed anyway and the final gear ratio is the same for both Tip and 6 speed. Just keep it above 2,000 RPM. If this rpm range is bad for the engine, then all Tip drivers are harming their engines daily.
