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Re: Whaddaya shift at???



At 07:57 AM 7/21/2000 -0400, The Flowers wrote:

><Jconne6305@xxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > i tend to short shift a little myself when in heavy traffic to dampen out the
> > noise.  otherwise i let her rip a little
>
>And I do the opposite.  In traffic I let the RPMs climb up into the peak
>torque band, shifting between 6K and 6.5K.  This gives me the most "GO" when
>and if I need it to avoid blue hairs in caddies that pull out into my lane,
>or SUV drivers with cell phones pressed to ear and a coffee cup in the other
>hand that swerve into my path.

I'm with Bill on this one.  I like one less gear around the cagers.
More go on tap, and compression braking free for the asking.



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