the most economical speed on philippine roads...

**me_jake13** · November 12th, 2004 05:53 AM

what do you think the most economical(fuel) speed is on our roads? considering the road conditions,traffic,sometimes no traffic, etc...

**mazdamazda** · November 12th, 2004 08:34 AM

i've read somewhere that it is 88kph (at the lowest gear possible).

**johnnyd** · November 12th, 2004 08:51 AM

the sooner you can go to higher gears the better. i read economical speeds may be as low as 60kph to a high of 90 at 5th gear (kung kaya ng engine). tama ba that the average speed of traffic in metro manila is 23-25 kph? sa bangkok daw e 15-18kph?

**ssaloon** · November 12th, 2004 10:17 AM

i also heard na pag yung rpm needle is pointing at 12 o'clock, yan yung optimum level ng engine with most economical consumption.

**1D4LV** · November 12th, 2004 10:31 AM

Originally posted by ssaloon
i also heard na pag yung rpm needle is pointing at 12 o'clock, yan yung optimum level ng engine with most economical consumption.

miks, mga 3k++ to 4k++ na to ah. di ang bilis na nun....

**chokers** · November 12th, 2004 10:31 AM

60kph ata

**ssaloon** · November 12th, 2004 10:36 AM

pang highway speeds ata yung naisip ko happy ehehe

**pissword** · November 12th, 2004 10:42 AM

still sir ssaloon oo nga 3500 rpm na ata to pag nasa 5th gear ako nasa around 140 to 150kph na po ako nyan hehehe kahit na hi way...

i always believe na around 2K++ rpm ang pinakamaganda. at 5th gear around 80kph ka naman na nun

**ssaloon** · November 12th, 2004 10:45 AM

oh well hehehe

basta ako shift up pag dating sa 3k rpm ;)

**chris_d** · November 12th, 2004 10:52 AM

in one of the latest top gear episodes jeremy clarkson drove an audi over a distance of 800kms (about something like that anyway) on one tank of gas, car was an audi, and he never went over 1200 rpm

and as always from what i know the lower the rpm at the higher gear the better mileage you get