Timeline for Is it bad to drive slow at low rpms in 4th or 5th gear? Do you get better gas mileage?
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| Jan 21, 2018 at 11:29 | comment | added | Hobbes | I don't think so. These features were part of a drive to lower fuel consumption, along with items like turbocharging, electric power steering and electric AC compressors. In the Netherlands, there's an information campaign to inform motorists they can now drive in higher gears than they've done for decades, suggesting people more often select too low a gear than too high. If you're in too high a gear for the engine, the signs are obvious enough even inattentive motorists know something's wrong. | |
| Jan 21, 2018 at 10:41 | comment | added | Bart | I strongly suspect that is done predominantly because of the lack of understanding by most people about what gear you should be in under various circumstances.. | |
| Feb 3, 2017 at 14:57 | comment | added | Hobbes | Yes, they have VVT. Also e.g. a twin-mass flywheel to improve behavior at low engine speeds. | |
| Feb 3, 2017 at 14:54 | comment | added | juhist | Do the TFSI engines have variable valve timing? If not, this is very interesting, as the valve timing is probably not optimal for such low RPMs. | |
| Feb 3, 2017 at 9:31 | history | answered | Hobbes | CC BY-SA 3.0 |