When doing your normal, everyday driving (not racing around or showing off) where do you find yourself shifting through the lower gears, on average?

 

not quite from the cts-v clan but same type engine and i shift around 2.5 driving regualrly and 1.5 driving either when its cold or im just kickin it

 

Never make it to 2K RPMs even when shifting 2-4-6. Gets great gas mileage!

 

I hate good gas milage! lol I shift at 3500 to 4k every time. I hate people that pull out on the freakin highway and go 20mph for the first mile. Then 30 for the next and then 40 for the next. I HATE IT!!!! Just get up to the freakin speed limit and stay there! Its not hard!!!

 

pretty much the same for me

 

I'm there with Norm. I drive like a granny when I'm not having fun.

 

With no torque management, courtesy of HPTuners, it still will not get run over. My C5 I can shift each gear @ 1,000 RPMs. Usually 1500 so I don't have anyone on my bumper!

 

depends if iim in a hurry and what musics on the radio... just driving its about 2k if im in a hurry anywhere from 3.5k to 5k if Im listening to my harder alternative its 5k to 6.5k

 

3500 to 4000 ...But I don't drive my caddy everyday my wife does so when I get it out on the street I try to clean the plugs off..

 

Same with me. If you guys wanted to drive your car like Grandparents, why didn't you buy a DTS?

 

If I'm not driving it hard... which isn't often... I am usually shifting around 3k just enjoying the drive!

 

Not flaming anybody, but how does anyone driving a "V" shift around 1500, especially when going 1-2-3? I consider myself a relatively conservative driver unless I'm challenged, and in everday driving I'll shift a shade under 4K, and that's with not even trying! If one is shifting around 1500 I can understand where the "clunk" comes from!

 

Why does it make a diff to you? I drive like I do because thats how I drive when not having fun.

 

I shift at 2K in my 2000 camaro when going to work and putting around. When I get on a back road or lined up against someone I shift that bitch at 6800. Other than the racing and back road pulls I baby the car as much as possible.

 

3k shifts

 

You are correct especially in 1st. It's 1500rpm for every 10mph in 1st. I only use it when I want to stand on it. Otherwise, I go 2-3-5 in town (35mph)which works very well. It's like a totally different car starting out in 2nd and the 3.73's make that very easy. I didn't buy this car for mileage either but my company buys my gas so I try to stretch it a little.

Chuck

 

When I drive my car I am pretty much ALWAYS bringing it near redline at LEAST in 1-2, 3rd too if theres enough room to.

 

99% of the time, tooling around town, 1-4-5...2000 max...plenty of torque makes it easy.

 

i just drive an 03 cobra to solve the issue of low rpm gear shifting and combined with lots of torque.. shoot i should be hitting 400+ rwtq at 2.5+ rpms

 

Maybe its just the way I drive, but it seems to shift the smoothest at around 3k (or more). If I try to shift at <2k it always seems to buck me. HEHE.

This is a little off-topic, but does premium gas get better gas mileage than mid-grade? My wife always puts mid-grade in it, and now she put in premium and we're gonna calculate the diff in MPG. We dont "get on it" much -- so the loss of power isnt a huge concern using mid-grade.