On Fri, 29 May 2015 12:44:55 -1000, dsi1
> wrote:

>On 5/29/2015 12:11 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>> On 2015-05-29 2:45 PM, the dude 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.
>
>I disagree about the 5th gear being so special that you can't use it but
>everybody drives differently. Obviously, it's possible because I used to
>shift into 5th frequently in town. It's hardly a fault of mine if you
>don't know how and when to do this. I was also gentle on the clutch
>i.e., I kept the clutch temperatures down by engaging it early on and
>reducing slippage. It's just another advanced technique I used. Man, I'm
>good!

Yeah, good at demonstrating what a deluded himbo you are.

Clutch temps and reducing slippage... Jesus. Normal, non-idiotic use
of a clutch in good condition will see it last hundreds of thousands
of miles, so what's the point of such ******y?