Where do you typically rev too before shifting?

I feel between 3200-4000 seems best for daily driving...what about you all?

 

If I'm not hustling the car or overtaking anybody, 2500-3000 RPM.

This way I run 60 km/h (37 mph) when I get to top gear. On a flat piece of road, the engine can still pull the car at a leisurely pace.

 

Hell guys!! I redline it in every gear 24/7!!!





Haha, jk...I don't really look--I just drive to fit the traffic and my mood. :-D

 

Usually shift between 3000-3500 in town... accelerating onto highways is a different story of course

 

if you give her hell in first and slam into second around 5800-6000 you can chirp tires haha

 

true!
...or you can kill your synchros.

i usually shift between 2800-3500 during the daily grind.

 

Yea 3500 is aight for normal driving. . Redline when coming onto the high way.. lol

 

from first to second i shift at 2800 - 3000...depending if there's a car behind me or not..if there is, then 3000 it is. lol

then after than i shift at like 2500-2800.

i drive conservatively

i shift at 3500 when merging on hwy.

 

Redline!

2500-3500 for me

 

I've never red-lined the thing, but I've been close. I shift before 4,000 when I'm not in a mood. It's more like 5600 when my day isn't well and I have a highway on-ramp to play on....

 

everyday shift point no higher than 3200 but for fun its around 6900

 

Usually 3k-4k, unless I've got a bug up my @$$....

 

I guess I drive like the old fart of the group. I usually shift at about 2500. Around here, that seems to keep up with traffic just fine...and sometimes I'm actually still slowed a lot by cars in front of me.

 

I think this question is like asking for opinions on how to shave your face. Do whatever feels right to you.

 

That's me. The best time to shift is when the engine will pull it comfortably when you engage the next gear. Which on a straigh leveled road and an empty car for me is about 2500 -3000 rpm.

 

3-4k anything in the 2000's is way to low in my personal opinion/preference. I don't shift at a certain number habitually...it should depend on the moment and what's going on around you. Merging onto a highway i'll take it up into the 5-6k range.

 

When I DO overtake though, I have no hesitation about spinning the engine to the redline if needed. It's all about minimizing the time exposed to danger, especially on a two-lane road. My car already has a power deficit, so doing a half-hearted, early-upshifting overtake is usually a bad idea.

On long uphill stretches like the roads of Nasugbu going back to Manila, I frequently made use of 2nd gear and wound my little 1.3L engine to redline as I overtaked slower traffic.

 

under 3k and i feel like i bog

 

Agreed, I think the Fit is asking to be rev'd. I take my '91 Accord up to about 3K (or a little lower) for shifts when I am really cruising around slowly but the Fit can only be shifted under 3K in very rare circumstances. Thus I usually shift around 3200…a little higher…or MUCH higher depending on the situation.