Gearing in 5 speed Boxster (non-S)

[RandallNeighbour]

My five speed does fine in city traffic. I sit in 1st most of the time in heavy traffic.

Those numbers are for hard acceleration shifting, such as when you're planning to head right up to 100 mph and keep on going.

I go from 4th to 5th when I am approaching 75 mph on the freeway, just to keep it at 3500 rpm or so and get the best fuel economy.