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| Thread ID: 95585 | 2008-12-11 01:13:00 | Manual or Automatic | Roscoe (6288) | PC World Chat |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 727710 | 2008-12-19 19:22:00 | Yes thats right Joe. :) |
Trev (427) | ||
| 727711 | 2008-12-19 20:03:00 | Somehow I am supposed to have filial feelings for malcontents, but it is getting harder. You have the "child" part correct. But you are right. My parents taught me that it is not nice to mock the afflicted. I am also finding it difficult to be compassionate. |
Roscoe (6288) | ||
| 727712 | 2008-12-19 20:24:00 | Lower gear. I was driving down the gorge (Welly) 80km zone and I was on D then I shift it to 2. The car has D, 2 and 1. When I put it in 2 I didn't add the accelerator. The car's engine gave a loud howling noise. So .. err... how does it work :illogical Mazda 323/Familia 1.3L Automatic, 4 door compact sedan. |
Nomad (952) | ||
| 727713 | 2008-12-19 20:32:00 | Well you effectively changed from top into second going down the Ngauranga gorge so the rpm would be going through the roof | prefect (6291) | ||
| 727714 | 2008-12-19 20:34:00 | So I would preferably need a car that has D, 4, 3, 2 and 1? | Nomad (952) | ||
| 727715 | 2008-12-19 20:49:00 | That's only 50 miles per, and the Mazda 323 should be good for 60+ miles per (90 kp/h) in 2nd gear . I don't see any problems . Was it a belt that was squealing? I don't believe that the 323 would be anywhere near redline at that speed, so it's prolly safe . |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 727716 | 2008-12-19 23:00:00 | Maybe that's why you guys have such inefficient vehicles over there Joe? I don't often drive at 90kmph in 2nd gear and don't think it's a common thing to do. | roddy_boy (4115) | ||
| 727717 | 2008-12-19 23:01:00 | Well you effectively changed from top into second going down the Ngauranga gorge so the rpm would be going through the roof Could have been Ngaio gorge. |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 727718 | 2008-12-19 23:04:00 | Maybe that's why you guys have such inefficient vehicles over there Joe? I don't often drive at 90kmph in 2nd gear and don't think it's a common thing to do. Probably worth reminding Joey that it's the yank car makers that are getting the hand out and not Toyota etc. |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 727719 | 2008-12-20 06:15:00 | In my Isuzu, a 5-speed, it's not at all uncommon to get 30 MPH/48KPH from 1st gear; 45 MPH/75 KPH from 2nd; 65 MPH/105 KPH from 3rd; 75 MPH/121 KPH; 90 MPH/`145 KPH from 4th and I haven't topped out 5th gear yet but have gone over 110 MPH/177 KPH . The Chevy AstroVan has a 4-speed automatic and I get 35 MPH/56 KPH in LOW or 1st; 50 MPH/80 KPH in 2nd; 85 MPH/137 KPH in 3rd and over 120 MPH/195 KPH in OD and Lock-Up . The K5 Chevy Blazer has a whole different set of gears, and although I have a 7-speed in it, I can easily exceed the maximum 75 MPH/121 KPH legal freeway speed limit in 3rd gear+ Lock-Up with 4 more gears to go . A 3-speed auto would have gear ratios spread out a lot further than a 4- or 5-speed, so when I had the old reliable THM350 in another GMC Blazer with pretty much the same Chevy 5 . 7L engine, I'd exceed 70 MPH/110 KPH in 2nd gear all day long - no strain or broken parts . In my older 1969 5 . 0L V8 Chevy that could turn 9,000+ RPM in 2nd gear would exceed 100 MPH/160 KPH in 2nd . So . . I can't see your point about not getting at least 60 MPH our of 2nd gear in most any vehicle in the world . Sorry that yours is so wimpy . . |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
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