Thread: How's 5th on 5-Speed Manual?
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Old 06-26-2006, 12:40 AM
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Default How's 5th on 5-Speed Manual?
How's the 5-speed manual pull in 5th gear on the freeway?

The press has made a big deal out of how the engine can't keep up with the load in 5th gear in a head wind, how it is really a 4-speed with an unusable 5th, blah, blah, blah. I test drove a 5-speed, and, yes, 5th is tall, but it seemed to pull OK on the flats at freeway speed to me. I was expecting much worse. Maybe I had a tail wind, or maybe I am just use to tall high gears with my other GM sticks. If it can keep up 75 on the level or slight grades with varying wind conditions, I would be happy.

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Michael
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