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Originally Posted by pennektj
I am used to 4K RPM 1st gear shift points in the turbo 4's, even when I am not pushing the car... is that too much with a V8? Waste of gas?
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Shifting at 4K all the time is excessive by my standards. But it will not really waste gas, unless you live in some strange environment where you are constantly accelerating and decelerating. Most of your time in the car will be at cruising speed, where there is minimal load on the engine/drivetrain. Keeping the car in lower gear in those situations definitely increases wear and wastes gas.