I know most of us do on the highway, but i gotta tell you, accelerating out of 6th at 65 - 75 MPH is almost useless.....

 

Great for MPG on the freeway. Otherwise, no.

 

I use it only above 75, and I have the g50/21 ratio for 6th.

 

of course. above 150mph... AUTOBAHN!

but the 6th is also smoove for cruising @75mph

 

Last time I used it was in 2006... I think...

I'm toying with the idea of removing it for weight saving and selling it on ebay as "MINT, used only once".

 

I think I may have used 6th a couple times, hard to remember. All kidding aside, 6th is pretty well useless below 80MPH/3000RPM. It comes into it's own in the 110MPH+ zone where the engine is over 4K, or in other words hardly ever in most regions of the world. I always find it ironic that the 993Turbo has more tightly stacked ratios than our NA 993s.

 

I use it on the freeway all the time. That's cruising in the 75-80 mph range here in So Cal.

 

I was thinking about this exact subject today on my 37 mi 1-way commute to work. The car is not much fun in 6th gear.

I wish I wasn't so cheap and would spend the $$$$$ to mod the tranny. Oh wait I just got my engine and tranny back in the car....



Bob-

 

Practice makes perfect!

 

There's a sixth gear???

 

Yup, I'm guessing I could do the RR in about 1/2 the time...

Now if I just had a spare $8-10k laying around.



Bob-

 

80 or over

 

I would agree. To accelerate at that speed, I would downshift to get the revs above 4K, and plant my right foot

 

75 and above on flat areas. Not on long hills, up or down.

 

I don't think I have ever used 6th since I owned the car.