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Old 12-12-2011, 04:42 PM   #37 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Notsud 13 View Post
under normal driving on the freeway, i wouldnt even downshift to pass up any cars. 6th gear does fine for me on the freeway.
obviously you dont need to downshift to pass. but if you needed to suddenly gain speed quickly to, say, get out of the way of a runaway truck, stay in 6th gear and see how that goes.

watch this video from 1:35. that car has some serious low end. Clarkson puts it in 5th gear from a stop and look how quickly it gets up to speed. Its called having low end and a nice powerband.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ko9kzyqW-l8
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