I know this sounds retarded. I've driven a 5MT for years. I've found myself driving down the highway in the CL-S6 with the tach at 3200rpm in 5th gear and it's a WTF moment before I shift into 6th.

BTW - I've only had the CL-S for 6 weeks.

 

My gf has a 5 speed Impreza, and when she drives my car, she always forgets about 6th gear. I don't think I forgot about it once, but that when I had just gotten the car. I hadn't had a manual for a long time when I got my CL.

 

how many miles do you have on it?.. and did you do the mods yourself?

 

I forget about the 6th gear sometimes too... i'm still used to my integra gs-r 5mt

 

When I first drove it I did. It was a bit weird. I never had 6 speeds before. Now it's 2nd nature. Although I only get to it on the HW. Local streets I only get to 5th.

 

Eh, I never forget about it . I had a six-speed before this car.

 

When my wife drives my car, she often shifts from 5th back into 4th thinking she is shifting into 6th. Since it is so quiet inside, she doesn't realize it and STAYS in 4th. It does wonders for my gas milage.

When she does it and I'm in the passenger seat, I use my kind voice to say, "I wonder why the tach is reading so high." She then slaps her forehead and says, "Did I do it again?"

It's wise to love your wife more than your car, so I don't make more of it--except I do try to keep her out of my car as much as possible--without being too obvious.

 

Nope, I don't forget... Sometimes I push in the clutch and try to grab 7th gear tho'

I did notice that I was cruising @ 80 in fourth this morning but because of the late sox game I was only operating on a few hours sleep.

When I'm getting on the highway, I usually push the clutch in on 4th gear, shift into 5th and straight into 6th (and then let go of the clutch). I just shift it into 5th 'cause I like rowing thru the gears but I usually go from 4th to 6th. 5th gear is nice when I'm coming up on traffic tho'.

 

I find more often I'm in 4th when 5th would be better. I rarely go into 6th unless I'm crusing for miles on a trip, in town for short trips it's not used.

 

Sometimes i feel there is more torque for the next gear, I am ready to shift, and then I realize I am on 6th gear.

I used to drive a Toyota Corona 4-speed, then I started driving a Subaru Legacy 5-speed, now with the CLS 6-speed I feel I have learned about the gear history.

My father used to drive a 71 Dodge Coronet 3-speed MANUAL. Now that is weird !

 

[QUOTE=GreenMonster]Nope, I don't forget... Sometimes I push in the clutch and try to grab 7th gear tho'
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i thought i was the only person who did that, guess not

 

I use sixth as its intended - as a highway gear for fuel economy.

I'll skip fifth sometimes when I'm accelerating to highway speeds at a leisurely rate.

Most of my daily driving is in fourth or less. Even on the freeway in traffic at speeds of 50-60MPH, I find that I like the powerband that fourth puts me in over fifth or sixth.

 

One car has 4 gears, the CL has 6. I never forget. Sometimes I think I have more than 4 on the floor in the other car though!

 

that had nothin to do w/ the original post

 

as a cruising gear. But the first day i had the car, i shifted into 6th and i thought it was 4th, and i was like WTF? my buddy looks down at the shifter and is like "what are you doing?" I never made the mistake again.

 

Same thing happen to me, my ex-gf was like "what are you doing?!?!?!" (in a blood curdling scream).

 

Around 20,400 and all mods done personally. It's my relief and relaxation.

 

well I bumped into him the other day, so i was jw

 

I hardly ever use 6th. Only on the highways and that’s only a few times a month.
It’s great for long trips though with the cruise set at 75-80.
Most of my daily travels are city driving and back country roads where I live in 3rd & 4th.

And I also admit that I’ve gone looking for 7th gear more then once.

Shawn S

 

For some reason, 3rd and 4th feel real comfortable at speeds of 40-60. I like to rev it up a bit as the sweetspot for rpms seem to be about 4K and above.

3rd gear will take you up to 80, so it's real easy to cruise in light traffic in 4th...

 

I'm thinking that most of us feel this way and drive this way. The 4K-6K zone is nice.

 

i use 6th only for fuel economy - never forget about it - i have tried the 7th gear donkey move many a time. i was driving to work this morning and noticed that 6th gear feels great at 100+ .. em so smooth - damn, i love this car.

 

I have the opposite problem, when im in my parents truck (5sp), firebird (3 sp) or my friend's 330i (5sp) I always will be in 5th (or 3rd), put the clutch in and start to shift and realize....duh, there's nothing else. It almost seems weird not to have a 6th!

 

I skip 5th alot because I usually shift out of 4th @3k rpm, so thats about 60mph which wont bog 6th. I like everyone else, only use 6th when on the expressway or at speeds continuously more than 50mph.

I have never reached for 7th, but I have gotten 4th a bunch of times when looking for 4th. I havent done it for a couple months, but it took me a good 6 months to find 6th everytime witout thinking about it.

I dont ever forget about 6th, but in my Mustang I often reach for 6th - which is reverse. My gf was driving behind me once and I tried to reach for 6th is the stang and it lit up the reverse lights. I told her I wanted to see what it was like to put it in reverse at 80mph, but the stupid car wouldnt let me.

 

I think this only happened to me once. I drove about 10 miles @ 70 MPH in 5th on the freeway and wondered why the engine note sounded so nice.

 

I thought 3rd could go till 90. I have an Allmotor_2000 vid saved on my comp that shows him at redline or rev-limiter in 3rd at 90. I'm sure your talking semi conservative upbringing of 3rd :P

 

never.

 

3rd goes to just shy of 90mph at redline, 4th is like 120mph.