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Old 08-14-2011, 11:02 PM   #4 (permalink)
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I'm assuming that this is a manual transmission and you have no need to accelerate quickly, yes? On a flat road, as you described, just leave it in 5th and accelerate gradually.

If you were going up a hill I might recommend downshifting to 4th, otherwise you would probably end up lugging the engine, and stomping on the gas pedal to compensate.
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