60km/h - Are you in 4th or 5th?

[VW GTI]

2rd.......

I pronounce this as a mix of two and third.

'turd'

[GoLfMan]

4th for me, as Pumpe Duse said the TDI doesnt like being in top gear below 70.

plus in 4th gear at 60 i still have ample pick up to overtake

[Blitzen]

4th for me...just easier that way.

[NickZ]

Get in the car and drive on a straight road with a constant incline. Set the trip computer to show the current fuel consumption, and then try cruising on 4th and 5th.

Especially on an incline, you will find 4th is actually more efficient than 5th gear, you have to put the pedal down more to maintain the speed as the car is out of its peak torque, and hence using more fuel. But this is not really important, the bad part about this is that, as said before, labouring your engine at low revs is going to cause you problems in the long run.

In saying that, I cruise at 65 - 70km/h in 5th, but if i need to accelerate or am going up a hill and finding i am doing any more than just touching the throttle, i drop it to 3rd or 4th and keep the revs above 2000.

[poloplayer]

How many revs should we be doing in cruising in any gear? And how low can we go before we shift down?

[Pumpe-Düse]

How many revs should we be doing in cruising in any gear? And how low can we go before we shift down?

My general rule, for cruising in any car, petrol or diesel, is...

5-sp manual-
40 & 50km/h = 3rd
60 & 70km/h = 4th
80+ = 5th

6-sp manual-
40 & 50km/h = 3rd
60 & 70km/h = 4th
80 & 90km/h = 5th
100 & 110km/h = 6th

This sort of driving has netted me some pretty decent fuel results in everything I've owned, so I'm not about to stop.

[Kiel_GTI]

see i prefer

1st 0-60
2nd 60-100

so on and so forth