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Old 05-29-2014, 07:47 AM   #31 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by mikeyjd View Post
I'm always in 5th by 50km/h (30mph), you must have some really tall gears.
I have two six speeds, one of which is on 2" taller tyres

If we're talking P&G, I generally use a gear lower than I'd cruise at. Sure you can lug the engine at 50 in 5th, but you can't really P&G from that RPM, as any throttle input will shoot load to 100%.

My old MB100 was geared such that 5th at 50 was entirely usable though

I'd guess that in general Euros are geared a bit higher than US/ Japanese cars.

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