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Originally Posted by roflwaffle
What's so bad about downshifting?
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Nothing!
Even today's most asthmatic "underpowered" cars could do well with taller gearing. What happened to the days of 90hp V8s with mushy three-speeds? Oh yeah, we realized that was stupid, because 0-60 in 30 seconds is too slow even with this crowd.
It's not like we need gears so tall we have to be push-started salt flat style, but there's no need to have an engine revving at peak torque when cruising on the highway at a constant speed.
In-gear-acceleration is not just overrated, it's unnecessary, and is a big part of why cars are generally over-powered.