What are some reccomended RPMs/Gears for different speeds? I like to stay in 5th as much as possible for fuel efficiency, but I hear if you are going too slow in 5th...4th whatever gear, it is hard on drivetrain...sometimes if I'm going to slow I hear it chug. What would be reccomended speeds etc?

 

Speeds or RPM's? I usually look more at the RPM's. I cruise around 40 though in 4th gear. Anything below 40 requires a downshift for me.

 

mine chug too ... the sound is coming from the rear bottom .. somehow one tech from Mitsu said we shouldnt go anything below 3k but I guess he isnt right .....


but now that chug is less and less happening to me...

 

I keep my rpms above 2k, earliest shift after 3k. I gave my wife the rule of tens to make it easier. 10mph=1st, 20 = 2nd, 30mph = 3rd ,40 mph = 4th, 50 mph = 5th.

My car isn't stock, but lowest comfortable speed for 5th is >45mph.

 

I like to cruise at ~5K rpm in 5th. He He!

 

Really? I prefer 7k. It seems to get me places faster.

 

%th gear rarely sees any lower than 45mph. When decelerating to a stop, despite what the manual says, I'm always in neutral. One time I thought I was in neutral and slowed to a stop for a light but was in 5th and the car went - chug - and then cut off. Then I kick myself in the as's