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Old 12-16-2018, 04:36 PM   #62 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by 19bonestock88 View Post
The guy said there was a pretty big step between 1st and 2nd gear...
There is. And the difference between 2nd and 3rd is also huge. 3-4-5 are pretty close together.

There are quite a few areas where I live where I just can't climb a hill in 3rd gear, but 2nd would be revving at 4-5000rpm because the drop in RPM is close to 50% between the two. More linear gearing would be ideal, but the car is still very drivable with the weird gear spacing Honda chose.
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