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Old 07-01-2009, 12:06 PM   #14
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So, in the end, your RPM's are fine, and the Honda has far superior (for highway travel/MPG) gearing.

And terrible for around town...I borrowed my friend's when my BMW was broken and my maxima was in another town to deliver for the job I used to work for, and holy crap it was ridiculous. They have like 240 hp, but their gearing is LOOOOOONG. It pretty much would never shift out of first gear until 30 mph...and it wasn't anywhere near redline which is at 52 mph, i think. Any other speed around town it was idling. lol. Any increase in speed and it would downshift.
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