I drive a 92 ford explorer 5 spd at 35mph and 850 rpm... thats for cruising on those 35 mph streets. Mash 1st to 35 then fifth not a good idea but its quirky and i like it, plus it doesnt require pretty much any gas to run at that speed but uh, acceleration, shift to 2nd... is this bad for gas milage just wondering? thats the main reason i do it. (i never push the gas to where u start to hear that "groan or moan" so it always sounds normal just like its idleing nothing like itss struggling to spool up)