This is exactly why (in my opinion) my personal fuel consumption went up. 20 is too slow for 3rd, so I’m stuck at higher rpm in 2nd (or going at 25 and idling in 3rd)
Throw in the hills of Sheffield, and I’m driving around having to rev the balls off in 2nd, or labour the fuck out of it and kill it trying to do it in 3rd.
Less of an issue if your car is an oversized wanktank, like most. See, the bigger problem is the American influence on our vehicles; stupidly large, unnecessarily heavy, consuming more fuel to move, and doing more damage to roads and whatever mommy hits between the house in suburbia and little fucking Timmy’s football practice half a mile up the road.
Tax vehicles by a multiplicative factor of physical size, weight, and engine displacement, with a reduction for electric powertrain, or part thereof, and watch the gormless SUV craze end in a fucking hurry.
It could be down to gearing? You could, for example, be sat at 2000rpm at 20 in 3rd, or 1500rpm at 30 in 4th. But this is very vehicle dependent.
This is exactly why (in my opinion) my personal fuel consumption went up. 20 is too slow for 3rd, so I’m stuck at higher rpm in 2nd (or going at 25 and idling in 3rd)
Throw in the hills of Sheffield, and I’m driving around having to rev the balls off in 2nd, or labour the fuck out of it and kill it trying to do it in 3rd.
Less of an issue if your car is an oversized wanktank, like most. See, the bigger problem is the American influence on our vehicles; stupidly large, unnecessarily heavy, consuming more fuel to move, and doing more damage to roads and whatever mommy hits between the house in suburbia and little fucking Timmy’s football practice half a mile up the road.
Tax vehicles by a multiplicative factor of physical size, weight, and engine displacement, with a reduction for electric powertrain, or part thereof, and watch the gormless SUV craze end in a fucking hurry.