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Jul 10, 2013 | 08:26 AM

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SennaF1

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From: Bethesda, MD

It's been pointed out, but I want to mention it again - there's no need to shift through every gear sequentially. The 5.0 (and I'm sure the V6 too) has more than enough torque to skip gears. I'll often go 1-3-5 or even 1-2-4 in traffic, when I know I'm just going to get up to 40-50 mph and sit there.

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Originally Posted by AzPete

Floor it from the light, dump the clutch, keep the rpms up high, shift hard enough to bark the tires.......down shift and listen to the pipes.....beat everybody to the next light....repeat.....and expect 12 mpg or less, tons of fun, and special red and blue lights to escort you eventually.

This is good too

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Seriously, this car has a siren song at 3-4k rpm, that just begs you to go all in. It sounds glorious, and only gets better the 'worse' you behave. Winding it out beyond 2nd gets you into shaky territory legally pretty fast...