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Originally Posted by sevenspeed
How is it annoying on the highway? From the specs I was looking at best cruising gears are 92-95 cx/vx, then 88-91 Crx Hf, then 96 Cx. The 96 Cx shows .702 fith and 3.722 final vs. .771 and 4.25 for my Si which runs fine on the highway just not as efficient, I don't go over 75 but was running late one time and following an autocross miata that was begging for a ticket at 90-110mph which was dumb on my part.
Looks like 02 and up geared more for acceleration too. Don't remember the numbers.
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Hf is not interchangeable, being cable-driven rather than hydraulic. The VX/CX is the best. 96+ HX is also good. Then comes my DX.
It's true the 6th gen CX/DX has better gearing than the others, but it's still not great. 3000 rpm at 70 is simply crazy. The VX gets put it at 2200 at 70. If that's not enough power (exceedingly rare instances), you can downshift for more revs. If you're already in top gear, you can't upshift for lower revs. You pay extra gas for each extra rpm, every mile you drive.
Showdown: testing RPM vs. MPG at a fixed speed - MetroMPG.com
