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I thought the 4 speed in the OG 9-3 or 9-5 generally left you cruising just a bit over 2000rpm at 60mph or a bit more and got good fuel economy doing so... or are you cruising at super fast speeds?
I have a 9-5 with 5 speed auto, and it cruises around 2000rpm and really does not seem to even need 5 gears... I've driven the og9-3, but never on a long enough trip to calculate fuel economy etc... otoh, a c900 with 3 speed automatic does cruise at high rpms - about 3500-4000, getting about 23mpg... but it only has 3 speeds... which on a % basis is a huge difference! I can't see any appeal to having 8 speeds to be honest (unless different programs skip gears, to fine tune driving characteristics, like is possible with a cvt)... sounds like a more complicated system with more parts to break, but maybe they have nailed the design well enough that it is super robust, and if each gear sees less time of use maybe that is a reliability upside?
Posts in this Thread:
- Are 6 speeds necessary ?, Cannonball, Wed, 22 Feb 2017 19:31:49
- Re: Are 6 speeds necessary ? I hope so., andym, Wed, 8 Mar 2017 16:51:06
- Re: Are 6 speeds necessary ?, IndySaaber
, Mon, 27 Feb 2017 10:09:56- og9-3 gearing?, Snowmobile
, Mon, 27 Feb 2017 12:55:51 <-- Viewing This Message
- How many gears does one need?, Noel, Sun, 26 Feb 2017 07:23:31
- Re: Are 6 speeds necessary ?, cheaptech
, Thu, 23 Feb 2017 11:49:04 - Re: Are 6 speeds necessary ?, AdamD, Thu, 23 Feb 2017 11:47:20
- Re: Are 6 speeds necessary ?, JMJinNC, Thu, 23 Feb 2017 07:00:39
- Re: Are 6 speeds necessary ?, Snowmobile
, Thu, 23 Feb 2017 06:53:33 - Re: Are 6 speeds necessary ?, GFW3pedals
, Thu, 23 Feb 2017 06:33:47 - Re: Are 6 speeds necessary ?, Justin VanAbrahams
, Wed, 22 Feb 2017 20:51:25
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