when to shift

Hahaha...great thread title

 

3000 RPM sounds about right for normal driving.

 

Next you should put it in bold and ALL CAPS. Usually that gets a RESPONSE!!!!

 

Read your owner's manual, the info should be in there.

 

i hope this guy doesnt own a 355

 

LOL @ this thread.

 

i usually shift gears at about 60mph. it can vary though. Like if i'm going uphill.

 

I was wondering what was the question ...LOL

When to ****

 

It depends on what you're doing. For maximum power, shift right before rev limiter. For cruising around, you would probably want to shift between 3000-3500.

 

Response: when you've barely escaped a potential high-speed accident...

~shahedc
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When it feels right.

 

just use the rev limiter as a shift light. thats what i do
when you hear the revs bounce off the limiter, its time to shift

 

Just at redline if the road can manage it , otherwise whenever you feel like it, but don't get the engine knocking.

 

Or if your car was misbehaving recently you could always drive to work in 1st gear all the while bouncing the tack off the limiter. That's what I do.

 

When you hit the rev limiter.

 

You guys shift?

 

If your motor explodes, then you've waited too long.

 

Just a thought, if you're in 5th or 6th gear try not to down shift to 1st

 

After reading thru thread, it is pretty funny to here, but I assume that you are serious, so here is a serious answer:
When cold, shift at 2500 or maybe a little more, to keep the rpm at 2000 when you hit the next gear. Most wear happens with a cold engine, so you want to really baby it then. After oil temp is really hot, you can shift faster if you try not to wring the last rpm out of it--don't get tunnel vision on the tack, and shift somewhere in the low 8's. The ryhthm is better this way.

 

When you're in reverse and want to go forward

 

Here's a place for more 'advanced' shifting techniques.

http://318ti.org/notebook/shifting/index.html

 

Is shifting mandatory? I have been driving around in first gear .........................man................am I missing out on a bunch!

 

Sell it and buy a car that only has the options of P, R, N, and D.