On 2015-05-29 2:45 PM, dsi1 wrote:

>> Bear in mind this is the guy who didn't like having to shift into
>> 5th gear all the time, the gear that most normal drivers use only
>> when they get up to highway speed. He figures cars are more
>> efficient when driven in the highest possible gear.... which helps
>> to explain why so many auto manufacturers are switching to 2 speed
>> transmissions instead of 5.
>
> I have already explained to you that I do that to get a little more
> MPG. You get the best MPG during high vacuum manifold pressure
> conditions. This implies driving with a very light throttle. This
> implies driving in the highest gear that's practical for the
> conditions.

Yes yes I know... but it was the 5th gear you were talking about being
some sort of major problem for you, and most drivers tend to do a lot of
shifting in lower gears, in the sort of traffic conditions you encounter
in cities. That should preclude 5th gear, which most cars only need at
higher, constant speeds. It is not the gear you be shifting in and out
of frequently in normal traffic.


> When I drove manual shift transmission I would, in fact,
> skip gears. With the VW with Tiptronic, I shift sequentially. Boy,
> you do so carry on but don't expect me to school you on elementary
> high miles per gallon driving techniques. As some posters would say
> "Get some help!" Hee hee.



Yeah... from the guy who can diagnose a broken timing belt on a car
sitting on the side of the road. You don't need to school me on driving
techniques. I have been driving standard transmissions for 50 years. I
learned to drive with a manual. I have worked as a driver examiner and
as an equipment instructor and had signing authority for driver
licencing. I have driven 3, 4 and 5 speed cars. I have been driving
motorcycles since I was 14. I drove trucks for more than 10 years,
dealing with axle splitters, various Roadranger transmissions and
several trucks with 4x5 dual stick transmissions. So I don't need to you
tell me about driving manual transmissions. You can try to blow smoke up
someone else's ass, but I think I have considerably more experience with
them than you do.