No, I donīt like 6 gears. I was working in a car rental, almost every car there with manual gearing had 6 gears. In my opinion, five gears are enough, if manual shifted. By the way: BMW offers a gear box with 5 gears, which is reaching the same spread (5,0) than the box with 6 gears. Of course, I could reach more wheel tourque with smaller "gear jumps" (I donīt know the term in english
), but I donīt care, not anymore.
My current fifth gear has similar engine rpm than a comparable BMW with 6 manual gears (523i E60 or 523i F10), but my transmission has a pretty low spread (4,2), so the first gear is a bit long. But - my clutch is still alive, after almost 110.000 miles.
Since Iīve read about the Chevy Caprice from "funkhoss", Iīm pretty discouraged. His car is more fuel efficient than mine, despite bigger engine and more mass.
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