What i like doing on the highway is kicking diwn to 4th gear, hitting the gas, and letting the torque haul me up to the desired soeed

Speed

Is it slower?

Yes

Idc

I love it

so you like downshifting?

Eh

To a degree.

But i am not looking for max speed

I just want dat midrange torque

like, part of the fun of the downshift is getting the extra acceleration

Well yeah

I just enjoy it differently

6th to 4th is extra

it seems to me like you'd enjoy this universally across any car with some grunt

Well yes

I enjoy it in my 150lb ft cruze

And its not like i would never buy gas either

My fav engine thus far that i have driven is the 4.0 v6 in my dad's fj cruiser

Look... What i like doing on the highway is kicking diwn to 4th gear, hitting the gas, and letting the torque haul me up to the desired soeed. Speed, Is it slower? Yes. Idc. I love it

But that doesnt mean i wouldnt like a diesel better in certain cases

it's the fire that really makes things fun

To you

@sexytortoiseloverboy not entirely sure what quoting me was for?

Like i just get my cruze to 3k rpm, surf the torque to 4k, then downshift.

the audi r10 is probably the best sounding diesel vehicle and even that wouldn't make a top 50 list if petrol was included

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My only gripe is that the cruze's econobox transmission has such a huge rpm drop between 4th and 5th

Sometimes i wonder why 5th gear even exists on this car

Too long a gear to bother with for speed in a car with only 145lb ft of torque stock

yea why do highways exist

Same reason the top gears exist in any car on the market.

Not long enough to cruise in anywhere

5th gear isnt top gear

I have a 6spd

It serves the same purpose, safe fuel, do better on government regulated tests.

Maybe

Not maybe.

I dislike it. 6th gear on my car is a great cruising gear