RE: What's your average mpg (km/100l)?
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RE: What's your average mpg (km/100l)? - 2/17/2008 5:07:50 PM
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virgin1
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Yes, you asre correct, VB. Pedal pressure.
They have referred to the process mentioned by the BMW engineers several times in the Tech Correspondence column, iirc. Essentially you accelerate hard (2/3-3/4 throttle) until you reach a point where you can shift to a higher gear. If accelerating up hill, that rpm level would be much higher than if you were driving down hill, etc, but get into the next gear ASAP. Clearly I don't always follow that line of thinking myself as I do like to rev this car into the higher band, and in traffic sometimes I feel I have to just to get away from the stupids, as I like to call them.
It should also work for an automatic, though you may have to "force the shift" by lifting briefly, or lift-throttle, also sometimes called drop-throttle which is rather confusing.
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RE: What's your average mpg (km/100l)? - 2/17/2008 7:31:34 PM
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UrbanmanUSA
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ORIGINAL: virgin1
Yes, you asre correct, VB. Pedal pressure.
They have referred to the process mentioned by the BMW engineers several times in the Tech Correspondence column, iirc. Essentially you accelerate hard (2/3-3/4 throttle) until you reach a point where you can shift to a higher gear. If accelerating up hill, that rpm level would be much higher than if you were driving down hill, etc, but get into the next gear ASAP. Clearly I don't always follow that line of thinking myself as I do like to rev this car into the higher band, and in traffic sometimes I feel I have to just to get away from the stupids, as I like to call them.
It should also work for an automatic, though you may have to "force the shift" by lifting briefly, or lift-throttle, also sometimes called drop-throttle which is rather confusing.
Gracias for the insight. Remember the M3 has the very 21st century automatic w/sport shift. Forcing the shift is accomplished with a flick of the wrist!
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RE: What's your average mpg (km/100l)? - 2/17/2008 8:21:39 PM
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VB
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ORIGINAL: virgin1
Yes, you asre correct, VB. Pedal pressure.
They have referred to the process mentioned by the BMW engineers several times in the Tech Correspondence column, iirc. Essentially you accelerate hard (2/3-3/4 throttle) until you reach a point where you can shift to a higher gear. If accelerating up hill, that rpm level would be much higher than if you were driving down hill, etc, but get into the next gear ASAP. Clearly I don't always follow that line of thinking myself as I do like to rev this car into the higher band, and in traffic sometimes I feel I have to just to get away from the stupids, as I like to call them.
It should also work for an automatic, though you may have to "force the shift" by lifting briefly, or lift-throttle, also sometimes called drop-throttle which is rather confusing.
I'd been experimenting with pedal pressure to see if I could force a shift, but I never knew it really did anything.
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RE: What's your average mpg (km/100l)? - 2/18/2008 12:27:40 PM
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virgin1
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I was speaking about fully automatic mode, which I think is VB's only option. You (Uber) have the option to chose because of Mazdas tip-tronic manual shift mode.
Most autos will hold the gear (up to a point) depending on how much power you are calling for. Hard on the accelerater (usually)= higher rpm's between shifts. Lighter on the pedal= lower shift points. So if you're accelerating hard, but don't want to wind her out completely, and you want the tranny to shift at a given point, lift off for a short time until the tranny shifts up.
See what mean? That's how all the autos I've ever driven worked.
< Message edited by virgin1 -- 2/18/2008 12:28:58 PM >
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RE: What's your average mpg (km/100l)? - 2/18/2008 6:49:20 PM
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UrbanmanUSA
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I thought all Mazda 3 autos had tiptronic. Doesn't VB drive a Mazda3? If he's not driving a Mazda3, why is he here?
< Message edited by UrbanmanUSA -- 2/18/2008 6:51:10 PM >
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RE: What's your average mpg (km/100l)? - 2/18/2008 9:25:47 PM
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jaimie08mazda3
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as far as i know all the mazda3s autos have tip tronic. well perhaps the older ones didnt i dont know. and VB had a mazda6 but got fed up with it over a bunch of shit the dealership put him through and now he has a malibu. but he still enjoys chatting it up about cars. which is cool.
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