RE: High RPMs at highway speed?

["Clough, Samuel" <SClough@irps.atl.invesco.com>]

It's got to be different.  Granted, the A6 is just as quiet and composed as
ever over 4k in top (fourth) gear (don't ask me how I know), but it can't be
good for the motor.  Maybe the German car has a 5 speed auto?  At least the
last S6 got an extra gear we did not.

Samuel W. Clough
INVESCO Retirement Plan Services


> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Dan Sinclair [SMTP:sinclair@prospro.com]
> Sent:	Monday, June 07, 1999 10:58 AM
> To:	Clough, Samuel; 'Audi Quattro'
> Subject:	RE: High RPMs at highway speed?
> 
> I too have wondered about this one.  I understand that a close-ratio
> gearbox
> provides better acceleration and power, especially from smaller engines,
> but
> I've always thought a taller 5th gear (or perhaps a 6th gear) would be a
> welcome addition in my car.  Clearly, if you're driving the car hard and
> fast, your typically using 2nd,  3rd and 4th gears anyway, so why not make
> 5th a true overdrive?  As it is in my 90, 5th is just a few 100 RPM taller
> than 4th.  My girlfriend's '88 Accord, however, loafs at 55 in fourth and
> absolutely lugs in 5th at 55.  She reserves 5th for interstate cruising at
> 70+mph, and even then she's only pulling 2,600 or so.   5th is a big jump
> from 4th in her Honda.
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