I usually change at 3 if I'm not goofing around.

 

Usually somewhere between 3000 and 3500. Sometimes 5500.

 

it depends i'm learning to listen to the engine on when too shift

 

3k is good for normal driving but I found if you need to get the most out of your xB to shift at 4200 to 4500, when you let the clutch out your at about 3500 right where you can feel the powreband pull the most.

 

i like 3rd gear the most imma thinkin thats the power gear and that its the closest thing to well almost 1:1

 

3rd is teh best. I shift mainly by ear now. I just wish the redline was 1k higher

 

Same here...

 

3000? at least 4000

 

I usually shift between 3500-4000 in normal driving conditions..

 

The Pittsburgh area is hilly. Sometimes I'll shift at 2000; sometimes around 5000, but almost never redline. Sometimes I can even start off in 2nd gear if the car is pointing downhill a little bit.

And I agree that 3rd gear is the best, but we need a 6th gear!

 

Don't have to worry about it. The trans does it for me.

 

3k for normal (gas saving mode), 4-4.5k for a little more pep

 

mm wish we had a 8200 red line man it was fun in the honda.....vtec kicked in and boom gone

 

3000-3500 when I'm conservative. 4500 on the highway onramp. 5500 if I'm ***** to the wall.

 

It depends on how late I am to pick up my girl 4000 if im late to work 4500 If Im racing some one 6000 each gear

 

3500- 1 to 2
3500- 2 to 3
4500- 3 to 5

I completely skip 4th gear. There is only like 300 rpm difference between 4th and 5th gear, what's the point in even going there. Unless of COORS I'm rowing gears and making the exhaust purr, then I'll slip into 4th just to roll through them all. But just normal getting around, I skip 4th.


singleshot

 

I use that thing that sticks up in between the driver's and the passenger seat, the grey one, but not the black one with the little silver button. That one sucks. I couldn't go anywhere.

 

I shift by ear. But for this thread, I actually looked at my tach on the way into work this morning.

I select first, accelerate gently to 2700 RPM, shift into third, accelerate gently to 2700 RPM, shift into fifth, accelerate gently to 2700 RPM and hold that for as long as I can. That gives me a cruising speed of just under 55mph on the level.

That's for my morning drive to work on mostly level roads with light-to-no traffic and I'm trying for maximum mileage.

On my drive home, there's traffic, so I accelerate a little harder to a little higher RPMs and use all the gears so that I can go with the flow of traffic. That's for reasonable mileage and decent safety.

When I'm driving in the Cities (twin cities of Minnepolis and St Paul MN) all bets are off and I'm in full-performance, kill-or-be-killed, drive-hard-or-die mode and I rev to near redline in every gear so that I can get through without being taken out by the crazies up there.

So I guess the answer is "it depends" . . . .

-Don

 

I usually do the 3 to 3.5 range and it yeilds the best mileage. Now for hard driving, the higher the rpm stays the better for fun.

 

usually at around 3 or 4 normal, 2 lazy, then 6 everynight cuzz i always find myself racing someone cant b helped :-P