If your normal driving speed is below stall in any particular gear your converter will be making heat by slipping. The question is can the car handle the tranny heat. The highest vacuum gage reading usually gives the best mileage. Sometimes you are in the converter and this is ok if you can float along. The next higher gear will just slip the converter more without lockup.
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