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drive train gti 2.8l vr6

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frankierx

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I am trying to tell my buddy who owns a vw gti that you can drive 60 mph on either 3rd or 4th gear. I have pulled up the powertrain specs and can't make out how to read it. Anyone help?
 
5 speed or 6 speed?

In my old '95 VR6 you could do up to about 50MPH in 2nd gear. 3rd gear was good anywhere from 20MPH up to about 105 if you really wanted to ring it out.

But for normal highway cruising, I would typically go from 3rd gear straight to 5th gear around 55-60 MPH if I was going to be cruising at highway speeds for a while.

In fourth gear I wouldn't run it past 55-60 for any extended periods of time.
 
That car is so torquey for it's size and pulled so hard that 4th gear was pretty useless. The only time to use it was in 45-55MPH zone that lasted a ways.

Otherwise anything under that I had it in 3rd, anything above it I had it in 5th.
 
Originally posted by: vi_edit
5 speed or 6 speed?

In my old '95 VR6 you could do up to about 50MPH in 2nd gear. 3rd gear was good anywhere from 20MPH up to about 105 if you really wanted to ring it out.

But for normal highway cruising, I would typically go from 3rd gear straight to 5th gear around 55-60 MPH if I was going to be cruising at highway speeds for a while.

In fourth gear I wouldn't run it past 55-60 for any extended periods of time.
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5 speed.

he says the car isnt that quick going into 1st from 0. help anyone?
 
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