

| Subject: | 1-800-Howsmydriving? |
| From: | Matthew Snook |
| Date: | Tue, 4 Dec 2007 22:38:02 -0700 |
OK, I have a question for all the techsperts out there. I'm a new Westy driver, and I have a question about how to drive so as to minimize engine wear. My speedo is lame, so I can't trust it - reads 80 when I'm purdy sure it's only doing 55mph. So I drive with the tachometer instead. I've been keeping it at 3200 rpm, which I believe comes out to about highway speed anyhow. When I encounter a hill which drops the tach to 2500, then I shift down to 3rd, which pops it up to 3500, and I then drop it back to the same 3200 I was maintaining in 4th. When I top the hill, I accelerate up to 3500 and shift, bringing it back down to 2500 again, and work it back up to the target of 3200. Is this a good range for the 1.9 I've got in here? The redline is way up by 5000, but it sounds to me like 4000 is as high as I want it to go! Any suggestions? Is it better to keep the rpms higher than that, or lower, 'er whut? Thanks, Matt
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