Sounds like a song. I am having problems using the 6th gear. Well I suppose its not a problem its just me forgetting to drop into 6th. Does anybody else have this very minor problem. 6th seems like an overdrive but was surprised to find that it would pull in 6th. Very smooth and a big difference to my other T5's 2001 & 1998 2.3 geartronics. When in 6th about 70mph comp reading 47 mpg on a flat road is this typical.
[quote=PrivateParts;300567]Sounds like a song. I am having problems using the 6th gear. Well I suppose its not a problem its just me forgetting to drop into 6th. Does anybody else have this very minor problem. 6th seems like an overdrive but was surprised to find that it would pull in 6th. Very smooth and a big difference to my other T5's 2001 & 1998 2.3 geartronics. When in 6th about 70mph comp reading 47 mpg on a flat road is this typical.[/quote] 6th is the same ratio as 5th on a 5 cog box
Having a tall 6th gear is a godsend with a sports exhaust - makes cruising relaxed n quiet - what rpm's are you doing at 70? I think mines about 2.3k rpm @ 70 and 2.7k @ 80 (of course I never go that quick :) )
[quote=t5_monkey;300599]Having a tall 6th gear is a godsend with a sports exhaust - makes cruising relaxed n quiet - what rpm's are you doing at 70? I think mines about 2.3k rpm @ 70 and 2.7k @ 80 (of course I never go that quick :) )[/quote] I think mine is about the same 2.7 @80 - 85. Like yourself I would never go that fast. :sinner: