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Originally Posted by justjohn
Not possible, as I understand it. So you're saying that the method you suggested will be most efficient because it will keep the rpm lower, is that right?
Is there a way to tell if that will make up the penalty for staying in a lower gear longer?
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My method keeps you slow in 1st gear and then moderate acceleration throughout acceleration after that. By moderate acceleration, I mean that you should accelerate as fast as possible with the shift points staying around 2000 rpm. If you accelerate REALLY slow throughout, you're going to be spending too much time just short of the shift points, which wastes gas. Generally with a V6, anything over 2000 rpm is going to eat up gas quickly.
The only way to see the penalties of different acceleration is by using a Scangauge, but this is what has worked for me and several other people.