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Hawaiian Driver 06-21-2015 04:23 PM

Six speed transmission question
 
Today I went for a 100 mile drive and never once put the car in 5th or 6th gear. I find this to often be the case. The roads here are so endlessly twisty I can't get anywhere near enough speed for those upper gears.

So my question, is this bad or harmful to the transmission to virtually never use those top two gears? Otherwise I typically drive well above 3000 rpm most of the time,

Thanks to all, and Happy Fathers Day

Timco 06-21-2015 04:26 PM

No. Those two gears will have nearly new sinchros and will shift very smoothly though. No damage at all.

Pdwight 06-21-2015 07:54 PM

I have noticed some on most of the track videos the drivers rarely get out of third gear

healthservices 06-21-2015 08:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hawaiian Driver (Post 454751)
Today I went for a 100 mile drive and never once put the car in 5th or 6th gear. I find this to often be the case. The roads here are so endlessly twisty I can't get anywhere near enough speed for those upper gears.

And a person would complain because???

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Fintro11 06-21-2015 08:20 PM

You are not driving fast enough....

Fintro11 06-21-2015 08:21 PM

I shift into fifth at about 150 km/h lol and shift into six if I'm cruising at that speed or higher


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