What gear do you drive in? (economy issue...)

[talljoe]

Around town doing 60 I sit in 5th/6th. Not sure if I should be doing it as it struggles sometimes.

Since I have been I've gone from 18L/100 to 13-14L/100 though.

 

[klampy]

try 4th for 60km/h. in my VR which was the last manual iv driven daily, used to sit about 2krpm IIRC. but if your idling around ull be puttin ur foot down harder than if your sitting closer to the peak torque band.

 

[WHITESSV]

go for 4th as said above. around town will always give you bad economy try downshifting to slowdown too the less brakes you use the better your fuel

 

[kuzman89]

go for 4th as said above. around town will always give you bad economy try downshifting to slowdown too the less brakes you use the better your fuel

lol wut? downshifting = more revs = more fuel. If your pulling upto a set of lights in a manual and you use the gears to slow down instead of brakes you will use more fuel, unless you mean something else.

btw if your just cruising and the car isn't towing/struggling/going up a hill, 5th/6th gear will be fine.

 

[ParkwayDrv]

^ What he said, plus a vr is totally different than a ve to compare to.

 

[SHEENY05]

Sounds weird......in 6th gear my SS ute only sits on 1000 rpm at 80km/h so I would think it would hate 6th at 60km/h

 

[kuzman89]

Mine sits on like 800rpm in 6th at 60 and doesn't seem to mind it if I'm just cruising. A hill or anything and I've got to take it back

 

[gts33som]

lol wut? downshifting = more revs = more fuel. If your pulling upto a set of lights in a manual and you use the gears to slow down instead of brakes you will use more fuel, unless you mean something else.

btw if your just cruising and the car isn't towing/struggling/going up a hill, 5th/6th gear will be fine.

It will use 0 fuel using revs to slow down as vacuum is keeping the motor turning. Not fuel..

 

[TinSnips]

Going from memory, I'm sitting in 4th for the around 60km/h mark - anywhere from 50-70 really - I just find it more comfortable driving that way. I don't use 6th until I'm cruising at highway speeds ie 90+

 

[kuzman89]

I was of the impression our cars didn't have "clycut"? Holden and GM consider it abuse anyway and I'd rather be replacing worn pads than a trans but if it does work on our cars thats pretty cool.