i usually shift between 2700-3000 and still get 18mpg but i accelerate quite a few times atleast once a day 6 days a week, sometimes i shift at mph instead of rpm, and when the music is loud i shift from the way the car feels, other times i accelerate really fast and skip 1,2, and sometimes 3 gears at a time

 

Take off from a stop, at idle.

Shift around town at around 3000rpm..

 

feel is everything....and other stuff too...like going downhill or up......but for normnal driving i guess 3200 is fine.....or 3500....is normal for car these day,,,,
not like the 90's car where red line is like 6k,,,,,

 

1-2 (3000RPM) 2-3 (3000RPM) 3-4(3800RPM), that's my chill mode of driving

 

Wow, you guys are mellow! Mellow for me is 3K, of course normal for me means that I've hit at least 110 mph once every other day and 120-130 once a week, average cruising is 85-90 mph. When going "***** to the wall", I shift @ 7800-8000 rpms, having cams allow me to stay in my gears longer, pulling hard all the way to the top, best mod I ever did!

 

what the hell, how do all u guys rev up past 7k RPM??? ive seen atleast 10 people talk about 8k+ RPM shifting. i have an 06 MR and my redline is at 7k. whats the deal here

 

i usually shift at 2500rpm...sometimes 3000 if necessary. i try to stay out of 3000+rpm for daily driving

 

Meh...112 rpm for each gear.

 

2800-3000 RPM.. Currently developing bad habit of giving just enough throttle NOT to spool the turbo while putting around town, this means downshifting to a higher RPM if necessary to avoid loading the turbo (positive boost pressure). I know it doesn't make sense though..

 

The more relaxed you drive, the more relaxed your wallet will be

 

Depending on whether or not you've had a tune that raised the rev limiter--your redline should be around 7.6k, but to be honest it's pointless to shift there because peak power happens at 6.5k for most of our vehicles.

*Oh and to get back to the question at hand--I shift between 2.5 and 3k for daily driving. On occasion I might romp on it from a standstill, obviously shifting around 6.5k. On the highway I cruise around 3k rpms in 6th (or 65-70mph depending on how you look at it.)

 

3500-4000g's...all day long.

 

when im pissed 8200rpm all 1,2,3 but normal 2850-3000

 

You can say that again. I got 220 miles on my first tank of gas, 200 on the second and only 150 when I went driving up some windy mountians for a while. Man, when you shift does matter to your wallet. I can get almost 300 miles out of a tank if I just cruise at 75 mph in 5th gear.

But why the hell did we all buy this car, to have fun and rev the engine a bit from time to time. I know that the fun starts for me when shifting above 5k and before redline. Most fun I have had is in 3rd gear above 4k on some twisty roads.

 

2400 - 4000 usually shifting at around 3k. Notice that it is easyer witht he Higher RPMS. I take it up to around 6600 - 7500 when running it hard (LOL Only once thus far) still breaking it in, should have 9k miles on her today. LOL