On Sat, 26 Jan 2008 23:41:38 -0500, johnny p. wrote:
> Carbon wrote:
>>
>> ...The ratios in the 6-speed are comically close together
>
> Yeah, that's crazy. I mean it makes sense on a race track but the one
> time I drove a 6-speed Miata I was always trying to figure out which
> gear to skip. And even with six speeds the top gear is _still_ too
> short; in fact at the same speed the engine is turning faster in top
> gear in a 6-speed than in a 5-speed. I know how to down****ft to pass;
> what I want is a 6-speed Miata with a granny gear for use on the
> Interstate. No way it should be pulling all those revs just to go a
> steady 80 on a flat straight road.
I'd like for the final drive ratio to be taller. ****fting into third
clearing an intersection is just as bad as doing 4k on the highway.
