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Originally Posted by Bdc101
I read through a bunch of posts, particularly from Happy, claiming that taller gears would cause the car to use more gas to get up to speed -- I don't think there is any merit to that argument in the slightest.
It all depends on how the car is driven of course (the manual transmission means you can pick the gear you want to drive in at any time, with or without a logical reason) but there is nothing about taller ratios that would cause the engine to use more gas to get the car up to the same speed. It might not use less around town, but it certainly wouldn't use more. There is no merit to that argument at all.
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I'm basing this off of reports from a couple folks that did it.
And too tall gearing can absolutely increase fuel usage, especially in a somewhat underpowered vehicle. Especially in a manual that doesn't get the benefit of a sloppy torque converter like the automatics have. Sure, you can slip the clutch, but there's only so much of that that you can do.