[Blue07CivicEX]

Alrighty, so today I figured out why my 5spd civic has such a high rev at highway speeds. The auto civic has MUCH lower rev, at 74mph (10 mph faster) the auto is at 2400rpm's where the 5spd is at 2800 at 65mph. The reason for this is because cruise control can't shift down to go up hills in a 5spd. Therefore it needs higher revs and more power to be able to climb hills without lugging and requiring a shift where as auto's will just downshift up the hill. If this fact is well known maybe i'm just a slow learner, I wish my civic had the same high gear as an auto though but in my manual.