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redpoint5 · 07-14-2017, 06:28 PM

How costly would it be for manufacturers to just add 1 more "cruise" gear for sporty cars to get good MPG?

My Acura suffers the same problem, and it has 6 speeds! The 6th isn't useful on the track because the car isn't powerful enough to ever get to a speed to use it, and it's pointless on the freeway because it revs way too high to get good MPG. My 6th is basically a waste.

07-14-2017, 06:28 PM	#78 (permalink)
redpoint5 Human Environmentalist Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Oregon Posts: 12,894 Acura TSX - '06 Acura TSX 90 day: 24.19 mpg (US) Lafawnda - CBR600 - '01 Honda CBR600 F4i 90 day: 47.32 mpg (US) Big Yeller - Dodge/Cummins - '98 Dodge Ram 2500 base 90 day: 21.82 mpg (US) Chevy ZR-2 - '03 Chevrolet S10 ZR2 90 day: 17.14 mpg (US) Model Y - '24 Tesla Y LR AWD Pacifica Hybrid - '21 Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid 90 day: 38.47 mpg (US) Thanks: 4,346 Thanked 4,501 Times in 3,462 Posts	How costly would it be for manufacturers to just add 1 more "cruise" gear for sporty cars to get good MPG? My Acura suffers the same problem, and it has 6 speeds! The 6th isn't useful on the track because the car isn't powerful enough to ever get to a speed to use it, and it's pointless on the freeway because it revs way too high to get good MPG. My 6th is basically a waste. __________________ Gas and Electric Vehicle Cost of Ownership Calculator Give me absolute safety, or give me death! Last edited by redpoint5; 07-15-2017 at 12:32 AM..