Originally Posted by brettarider

Expect the box to fail Revmodes they are known to self destruct mate had his replaced at 25K mines went at 60K Since you bought a pile of shite I expect you'll be on first name terms with your local main stealer

Ferking 'ell that has really cheered my old lady up, it will be mainly her using it.. crunchy box i am finding already, 1st to 2nd is a pain in the wrist, quick downchanges from 6th to 4th take some practice, and the fercking Sri setup is about as smooth as a
lada on soltau.

The safest way to drive is to identify whats happening in the road in front of you and prioritise hazards. Use this information to establish good road position, ensure you are travelling at the correct speed, then select the most responsive gear for the next hazard before continuing to accelerate if appropriate. On country lanes at sub 60mph this means a lot of 2nd and 3rd (3rd and 4th in 6speed diesels) Especially if you want to negotiate corners and bends at speed.

However the above "System of Car Control" although safest is not the most fuel efficient. You'll probably find that your car will labour in 6th at anything less than 40mph and if left in 6th to negotiate bends it will feel like a roller coaster rather than a smooth drive so you have to find the happy middle ground between safe and responsive low gear, high revs - fuel efficient and quiet high gear low revs.

Basically it all depends on the road conditions but if you're doing 40mph plus and there are no immediate dangers you should be employing vehicle sympathy and relaxing the engine into 5th/6th.

I recently managed 420miles of motorway driving on £40 worth of diesel thanks to 6th gear in my motor.

Depends on the car I guess, but there's no way my Tucson would sustain 40 in 6th comfortably (for it or me). I'm with you on the driving method, though. Don't drive like a twat, stamping on the brakes every few seconds etc. I also have a 10 year old Rover 25 which will give high 40s MPG if driven sensibly, and it's a petrol.

The Doris has the new Audi TT, thats a six speed manual, took half an hour to get used to the extra gear but other than that, like explained above, match the revs with an up - down gear change, job jobbed.

It just means when your on the motorway sat at 80 you can chuck it in 6th and only be doing about 2200 rpm.

Originally Posted by revmodes

Ferking 'ell that has really cheered my old lady up, it will be mainly her using it.. crunchy box i am finding already, 1st to 2nd is a pain in the wrist, quick downchanges from 6th to 4th take some practice, and the fercking Sri setup is about as smooth as a
lada on soltau.

I find it a pain in the wrist as well plus the astra has shite elbow room on the righthand side so you have to sit with your arm near the window which becomes sore after a few miles vauxhalls are fucking gash

Originally Posted by brettarider

vauxhalls are fucking gash

I liked that you could change the clutch on a cavalier without removing the gearbox.

Originally Posted by bad_pixel

I liked that you could change the clutch on a cavalier without removing the gearbox.

THAT was a very long time ago. It was very handy, though.

I have always drove a medium size vehicle ,This six gear gear box is a bit daunting .

Vauxhall New Antara | FWD & AWD crossover SUV | Vauxhall UK

Originally Posted by SauceDoctor

If the 6 gears is confusing you, don't buy a new BMW - some of them will have 8.

But that's an auto (well...DCT), doesn't count.

The only manual 'box out there which has more than 6 gears is the one in the new Porsche 911...has a 7spd stick shift.

Originally Posted by RearWag

I have always drove a medium size vehicle ,This six gear gear box is a bit daunting .
Vauxhall New Antara | FWD & AWD crossover SUV | Vauxhall UK

Theyve got some of these for sale at a massive discount, new, at Greenhous Shrewsbury. Petrol. Looks a good deal until you look at the fuel consumption and astronomical road tax they attract