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Me neither, it is a "performance" thing, give you a bunch of gears close together so you can accelerate better within a narrower vehicle speed range.

If you were on a track where you were not ever hitting top gear it might be useful to put all the gears closer so you have more at your disposal. On the street, and especially if eco-minded and doing lots of time at lower rpms, wider is usually better, IMHO.