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| quote: | Originally posted by Stingray
Well since we're talking about doing a constant speed on the highway, only a fool would be sitting in 4th gear. (assuming the car was a 5 speed)
How in the world did we get to gas milage from poor Scott getting dinged in a parking lot? |
LOL...by the way Scott, sick ride. What IS your other vehicle (I assume it's an SUV)?
But yeah, sitting in 4th? Not typically, but what I'm referring to as being at a certain high point in a gear might only be for a second or so, which is where one's gas mileage would be lowest, then your gas mileage increases (more MPG) when your tranny shifts (or you shift it) into the next gear, dropping your RPMs back down again.
It's painful driving a big V6 BMW and watch the gas mileage gauge drop down to <10MPG when you scream down the highway, and subsequently watch the gas gauge trickle towards 0/1 (no I don't drive one).
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