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Old 10-24-2023, 12:12 AM   #4 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by redpoint5 View Post
I usually increase speed to get into top gear. The point of traveling is to arrive at a destination. In my Acura, I can be in 6th gear at 30 MPH. In the Mazda, it's 44 MPH.
I'd like to do that too, unfortunately the route I take has many sections of relatively close together lights, and I don't want to risk accelerating to 45 just to have to slow down all over again. The longer stretches I am able to get up to 45, engage 5th, then slowly back off down to 40 and chug along at like 1.2K RPM. Otherwise I hover around 37 and do some b*stardized variant of DWL by choking the throttle at just barely above idle.

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