[Vwdiesel] Rabbit Shift Points

[Stephen Kraus]

I hate blinking lights on the console, I always assume that something is
wrong and it distracts me....
I'm glad mine doesn't have a shift light
But then again, I'm used to shifting based on the engine sound, thanks to my
days in the Mazda Miata

On 3/13/07, James Hansen <jhsg at sasktel.net> wrote:
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> Bryan K. Walton wrote:
> > On Tue, Mar 13, 2007 at 02:44:03PM -0500, Bryan K. Walton wrote:
> >> Well, I realize that most people hate them.  That is fine by me.  I'm
> >> not interested in constantly looking at the light to determine when to
> >> shift. I'm not trying to figure out where the optimum shift points are.
> >
> > Uhhh, sorry.  That should read: "I'm JUST trying to figure out where
> > the optimum shift points are."
> >
> heh.
>
> Well, I don't hate them, they just don't work well enough to bother
> with, not being an essential device, or terribly helpful.
>
> The light on the dash isn't really much help for any determination of
> efficiency, it's more of a guide for when you have the stereo on :-)
> It's too mechanical to figure out mileage on the fly... I think the
> intent was as a guide for newbies to stick shift than anything else-
> remember the diesels came out during the beta test version of the fuel
> crunch in the late 70's, so there were a whole new crop of folks trying
> out one of them thar diesels for the first time, many never having
> anything to do with a clutch, stick shift, etc.
> I know of one that drove all day in 3rd gear in an early diesel rabbit.
>   Just not paying attention.
>
> You need to find one of those devices that gave a readout of mileage on
> the fly- Loren has one, he can help out here.
>
> The optimum shift point in a diesel, like I said, is pretty broad due to
> the nature of efficiency of the diesel engine- pumping losses aside, it
> uses less fuel per stroke at higher rpm, more at lower, when load is
> constant, to achieve almost the same fuel used over time.
> -james
>
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