jwolf
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On a highway with 55-60 mph limit do most of you drive in 5th or 6th gear?
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eucharistos
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in traffic or with no room to play, 6th
i tend to use 3rd/4th and 6th more than 5th, but there is almost always traffic here (if that makes sense)
stock gearing, btw
i tend to use 3rd/4th and 6th more than 5th, but there is almost always traffic here (if that makes sense)
stock gearing, btw
Mutts02GTS
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I use 5th up to 65 mph and up, lower than that and I can feel the car bogging down, stock gearing as well.... 
I always use 6th above 50mph if I'm just cruising. It makes me feel better for when I'm WOT through 1st and part of 2nd.
eucharistos
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can't be worse than skip shifting into 4th at 8 mph (or there abouts)
Paul Hawker
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Over 65 I consider 6th gear. If going down hill use 6th, uphill use 5th.
Gen IV pulls 6th gear easier than previous gens. Smoother and less bucking.
Car does not feel comfortable in 6th till around 70.
Gen IV pulls 6th gear easier than previous gens. Smoother and less bucking.
Car does not feel comfortable in 6th till around 70.
eucharistos
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V10SpeedLuvr
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I use 6th at 70mph+. Stock 3.07 rearend.
Roy
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is there a 6 gear!
just kidding, I only use it on the German highway when I go over 120 miles an hour...
Further I don't use it that much, from 80 on that is, but mostly I tend to keep some power left under the right foot and keep it in 5th.
just kidding, I only use it on the German highway when I go over 120 miles an hour...
Further I don't use it that much, from 80 on that is, but mostly I tend to keep some power left under the right foot and keep it in 5th.
My drive to work is mostly expressway, so after the quick 1st, 2nd, and 3rd shifting to about 90-100mph for the on-ramp,I back off and get back to 80mph for cruising in 6th. RPMs are around 1000 in 6th (at least that's what I remember them being before winter storage) going 80mph, and it almost sounds like the car isn't running. But, if you want 22mpg that's how to get it!
georgethedog
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With my 333 gears I go to 6th at highway speeds. With stock, I was usually in 5th.
Black Moon
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I don't thinkl I've ever gone the speed limit on the highway. It's just too hard to do. 355's at 80 is 1,750 rpm in 6th.
355's at 80 is 1,750 rpm in 6th.musclenutz
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I use fifth almost always unless i get over seventy . That's in the stock GTS..and i put 3:55's in the RT/10 so i do use sixth over 60 in that one...seems to work well for me on my cars anyway.(love the 3:55,s btw)
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