Freddie Two Bs

Am I the only one who NEVER uses 6th gear, not even when cruising on the interstate, and who thinks "who the **** needs a second overdrive, cars were just fine when they had 5 gears, before 'six speed' became shorthand for manual transmission"?

"02996ttx50

i use 6th, albeit not very often. i actually like the way the car runs at 2200 rpm lol.

Berra

I use it as Porsche intended, that means all gears. 55 mph and up is always 6th.

mffarrell

I use it once the spoiler is up!

Freddie Two Bs

Don't you find that exceedingly boring?

GTgears

We make a taller 6th.

Freddie Two Bs

Like stock isn't tall enough!?!

993GT

it isn't...

Dock

I use all of the gears. When appropriate, I have no problem using 6th gear with the RPM in the low 2000's.

bansasn

Save me a lot of gas. I traveled 90 miles a day to work. With the software tuning 6th gear comes in handy.

Berra

Yes but I do have to follow the speed limit, and I see no point in driving in 4th or 5th with a bit higher rpm if I'm just cruising. Going at 55 in 6th will give you approx 2000 rpm and the car is perfectly fine with that.

I also have the 3" Speedtech exhaust and that is pretty loud, keeping the revs higher might draw bad audience.

Road King

Totally agree. And I'm running straight 100 unleaded, so no point in wasting it on a higher cruise RPM.

dprantl

When you are cruising at a constant speed above ~50mph or so and not accelerating, how does 5th/6th gear selection affect the level of boredom? In such a setting there is no need to have the car running at higher RPMs and burning more gas unnecessarily. With the car under acceleration it is a completely different story. When I switched from an '86 to '91GT 928, I found the shorter 5th gear extremely annoying when cruising on the highway for long distances.

Dan

ANJ-911

I use it regularly on the highway when cruising - speed limit is 70mph for the most part on the interstate up here though.

nbressette

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