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Old 09-15-2008, 05:57 PM   #38 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by lovemysan View Post
5th gear is good from:

22mph accellerating downhill
25mph accellerating level
28mph accellerating uphill

It will cruise comfortably down to idle in 5th but will require a downshift at 22mph to accellerate on level ground. I have found that anywhere above 30mph is more efficient than 25mph.

I've never been able to make P&G work for my saturn. Its hampered by its slow accelleration I guess. And it also is typically loaded with people
Those sound the same for me now that I have an MP2 5th gear. I don't have people as much as I have crap in the car. My car is like a swiss army knife, so I don't want to remove the stuff. If it was clean on the inside, then maybe my numbers would be 1 to 2 MPH less than yours.

I used to use P&G like mad, but the MP2 5th gear is as gutless as your Saturn's nickname. In LA traffic, *not* using P&G is easier because I don't stick out like a sore thumb. It's just so much less *work* to get good MPG.

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