This is assuming you're driving your car easy.


Do you skip gears, run through them all or wind up first and go right for your overdrives?

I'm curious. Personally, I enjoy running through all the gears, it seems like I don't have to press the gas pedal down as much when I do that.

 

From what I've read I think most people skip gears and don't let the rpms get too high just takin it easy.

 

Shift 1-4-6 and keep your rpm's way down

 

Wouldn't that bog the motor most of the time?

 

i've read it's tough on the clutch to skin gears. I just drive it and gear change normally at 2k-2300 rpms and still pull 29 mpg highway. In town i don't give a rats *** what i get

 

i doubt skipping gears is hard on a clutch because we have factory skip shift.

I just go through all the gears shifting below 2k when i want the best mpg. I have hit 30mpg on the highway with 2 people and a whole car full of stuff for vacation. And i was doing 90mph no joke - the LS1 amazes me.

 

i shift 1-4 below 2000rpms in town, dont really skip gears unless i get on it in 1st and i get 18mpg. i do a city driving. i dont think thats bad.

 

I run through the gears, shifting 2500-3000 till 4th then cruise untill i need to downshift (aka having to slow to 30mph). Im usually going about 35-40 in town and i get about 19 to the gallon and if i take it real slow, like reallly slow i can manage about 280 a tank otherwise its about 255 a tank

 

most of the time i just run up through all the gears shifting around 2k

 

I generally get her up to between 2-3k on the 1-2-3 shifts, and then go to a max of 2k after that and try and cruise anywhere between 1700-2300 dependin on the limit/police presence

 

I did the same thing in my car, the T-56 is what amazes me.

 

Usually row through them, 1-6. But if I am feeling lazy I skip em.

Kinda off topic, but this kid we used to hang with a long time ago said the following; (He drives a 3000 GT I believe)
"Yea...my car doesn't have second gear. Its ok, I dont need that. I can just rev to like 5 or 6 and shift into 3rd..."

At that point I just started ROLLING.

 

**** i wish i got that to a tank ....i get maybe 220mi in the city but i also have ring issues ...but even w/ that i still get 330 on the highway

 

I use the skip shift from 1 to 4 and drive it usually in 4th in the city. I shift between 1700-2000 u/min and get about 290mls with a tank 80% Autobahn 20%City. Thats about 11,5-12 l/100km which is a perfect for a V8 and for 6,64$ a Gallon premium here in germany .

 

What is the factory skip shift? I have test driven many M6 4th gen cars and I never notice any difference between any other manual car.

 

80mph with a lid and i got 32 mpg...thats the way to do it...around town i get about 18 and i shift at around 2k.

 

When the engine has reached normal tempratur and you don't raise the 1st gear over 2000u/min you will automaticly pressed in 4th gear when you want to shift from 1st to 2nd gear.

 

i dont know how u deal w/ that ****

 

Could you translate that? haha jk. sounds nice. auto's suck..

 

I bought another car to get good gas mileage. Trying to get good mileage out of an LS1 takes the fun out of driving. I will get about 15-16 around town giving the car hell, which is fine by me and a lot of fun