Yess same here the beauty of a manual is shifting whenever you want, but dam I hate my new tires I can't churp 2nd going to 5KRPM I got to go all the way to 6.5KRPM

 

went for a drive today and actually looked at my tac when i would normal shift for everyday driving and it was around 3k-3.5k everytime.

 

but if your at 3000-3500 and going at a steady speed do u normally shift or stay in that gear until u start to acce;erate.

i know that the beauty is that u can shift wenever u want, i just wanted to see what others did just for peice of mind

 

if im at 3k-3.5k rpm and i shift up to a higher gear to keep that same speed i will shift to a higher gear therefore in that new gear i will be about 2.5k. but for me when driving to work im in 5th gear most of time at 3.5k the whole way. i dont know if this makes sense but i hope it helps.

but as i said before i do most by sound of the engine and the feel of the car. ill check it out more tommorow and tell you what i find about my normal driving.

 

i drive my evo every day and i shift at around 3500-4000 rpm. And i have been doing it for 33000 miles.

is it bad for the engine and tranny or it is only the gas that gets affected?

 

Bingo!

I'm not the most fuel efficient of drivers, though I can be if I chose, I don't normally take off as fast as I can at every opportunity, but I don't take my time either.
The beauty of a manual is changing to what gear you want when you want - I drive a 12 ton truck a bit at work, its usually pretty important to go through the gears in order for that thing - if you want to go 1, 2, 5 in a car, then go for it. So long as its not particularly uphill our car does quite well starting in second and you can stay in it a fair while too. I don't look at the tach too much, if you can't tell about where you are and when you are getting close to redlining without looking... then turn down the radio, remove your foam rubber cocoon and go out and get to know your car.
If the engine is warm and you aren't revving the hell the out of it like a teenager showing off - you should have nothing to fear

If you have a MIVEC engine, why avoid the higher RPM's and its potential? (besides that it inhales fuel like Barney Gumble drinking from the beer tap then) its a fun machine, lifes short, enjoy!

 

that could be the mivec slogan.

MIVEC
Lifes goes by to fast to go slow.

or


Lifes short.
MIVEC
Enjoy it

hahah

 

I Tried using it and its awesome. Shift points are good even in the cold!!