---- Doug Alcock <doug.alcock@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

I do use the tach, and I DO NOT wind it out.  Winding it out would be kinda silly in a vanagon, anyway, wouldn't it?  But I don't do that with any vehicle.  I try to maximize mpg, and shift at reasonable points to do that.

DMc
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> The shift points are good -- and you can shift whenever you want to with the
> auto -- taught my wife to do this when climbing serious mountains -- not a
> problem.
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> Always been a thought of mine that the folks who advocate the 'better fuel
> efficiency' of a standard trans are the ones who watch their tach's and wind
> out the shifts to redline -- never seen anyone who understands what a tach
> is for who is watching it for better gas mileage -- YMMV.
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> Cheers,
> Doug
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> >>After 12 years I've driven all over the USA and I LUV my
> >>automatic