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Cruising at high RPM

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Old 05-08-2009 | 12:56 PM
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Originally Posted by 2003s2k2003,May 8 2009, 11:58 AM
No. The whole thing about people saying it sucks cause you shift more is absurd. You have to shift one more time if you want to cruise in in what would be 5th gear before. No big deal. Around town it's really no different besides that it feels much better and all.
The people that complain about having to shift all the time or the high rpm's on the highway have NEVER had 4.77 gears in their car!

So I guess every extra time you shift technically puts more wear on the transmission but nothing noticeable at all. 1 more shift here and there won't hurt anything at all. Plus with this transmission who doesn't want to shift more...
Yeah I have to agree, I enjoy every shift in a manual tranny well I'm thinking I'll end up going this route. I'm still considering the 350z simply for the low end torque, but I think I could handle living with an S if it had 4.77 gears.
Old 05-08-2009 | 01:41 PM
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i got better MPG keeping the RPMs between 3-4k when cruising around than i did when i shifted down one more and cruised between 2-3k rpms..

High rev machine, i doubt there will be a significant difference due to the gears
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