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jpritche · 01-29-2013, 03:32 PM

Surprisingly, I get better gas mileage not using 7th. The interstate I commute on daily is very hilly which causes you to basically floor it to maintain speed going up a semi-steep hill at 80mph. I find that if I stay in 5th I end up getting better MPG. YMMV.

Also, the FI exhaust in 7th up a big hill is fairly annoying on the inside

Note: On normal roads, I get better gas mileage using 7th. On the hilly interstate is the only place it is worse.

01-29-2013, 03:32 PM	#4 (permalink)
jpritche A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Cartersville, Ga Age: 32 Posts: 2,570 Drives: '15 RR, '14 IS250 Rep Power: 31	Surprisingly, I get better gas mileage not using 7th. The interstate I commute on daily is very hilly which causes you to basically floor it to maintain speed going up a semi-steep hill at 80mph. I find that if I stay in 5th I end up getting better MPG. YMMV. Also, the FI exhaust in 7th up a big hill is fairly annoying on the inside Note: On normal roads, I get better gas mileage using 7th. On the hilly interstate is the only place it is worse. Last edited by jpritche; 01-29-2013 at 03:51 PM.