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This is among my favorite gripe topics. Your gearing is way better than my Acura. My 6th gear has me doing about 65 MPH at 3000 RPM.
The thing is, 6th is completely worthless as a racing gear. It would take several miles of a straight racetrack for me to top 5th gear out. A jumbo jet runway isn't long enough for me to reach 6th in a drag race. But, it's so short that it isn't any use cruising on the highway at 60 MPH either.
It sucks at everything!
If Acura had programmed the VTEC to kick in at somewhere less than 6,000 RPM (yes, that is when it begins to work), then the gears wouldn't have to be so closely spaced.
I've thought about putting an RSX final into the TSX, but it would only marginally help tame the RPMs.
Other than that, and the car having the turning radius of a train, it's a perfect car.
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