For mormal driving I would say 35K....

 

normal driving... around 4200k

 

6,800 Baby! What the 'ell is synthetic motor oil for anyway.

 

So far, the responses have been 35,000 rpm, 4,200,000 rpm, and 6,800 rpm. I'm gonna low-ball and say 3,000 rpm.

 

andy, the 05's have turbines for engines... didnt you know?

i shift anywhere from 2500-4000 for normal driving.

redline makes me piddle too much most of the time.

 

while I was scrolling down I am glad someone else caught this. I usually shift about 4-5k but it also depends on which gear im in and what speed I am going to reach.

b

 

7200 rpm

 

ha! sorry..mine is 3500 RPM

I'm asking in the general everyday driving. Not in the situation that you're trying to pass anyone. I just want to get the idea if I'm pushing too hard or I'm too soft.

When I was driving my old car VW Golf Gti. I'm really use to shift the gears at 3000 RPM.

Now with MINI, 3000 RPM is not that high to me. I would say 3500-4000 is my shifting ranges for me (on normal driving).

What about yours?

 

I have an 05 MCS and in my case, during daily/regular driving, I shift up around 3-3.5k .... with the gearing on the 05s, it seems that you need to be shifting more frequently as opposed to my 03 MC..... either way, it makes for some fun driving...... :smile:

 

MyPocketRocket, perhaps you got "Pavlov'd" by that inane "upshift light" VWs used to have?

I usually shift from 3.5 to 4k, w/ the JCW the torque peak is at 4 so I figure there's where it's at.

 

MINI needs to put that "shift light" on all models. I miss that feature.

 

Ugh! That is the antithesis of motoring. The fuel shut off at 6,950 rpm is warning enough.

 

3k on the streets and getting on the freeway 6.5k in 2nd gear but only when I need to merge quickly.

 

I need this.

http://www.inlinefour.com/autshiflig.html

 

Yes, 4200k - i didn't realize i was in the MINI forum - i also frequent a forum for private manual transmission spaceship owners.

Confused on friday...

 

4k or so normally, but then I normally drive around at 3k

 

I guess I'm doing right shifting at 3K....I never bring the RPM up to redline yet..

Thanks for all of the inputs!

 

Normal city driving, around 3K to 3.5K RPM. It saves gas big time!

 

If I want better fuel economy (and my wife is in the MINI )
Then I shift about 2500 to 3000 rpm.
If I want to do some spirited driving (and my kids are in the MINI )
Then I shift about 3500 to 4500 rpm.
If I'm autocrossing or on the track (with only my Schroth harness to keep me company )
Then I shift above 5500 rpm.
All three methods works just fine but I'm sure my mpg numbers are not the best at the track.

 

minihune,

Those are funny when your wife is in the MINI... .....because I have to keep my RPM under 3K when my wife is in the car as well..

 

And I thought F-1 reved high. Where do I sign up? I want a real sceamer, besides my girl friend LMAO

 

On my commute I try and change up below 4k, but it's pretty hard. These cars are very free revving. Most of the time I find myself changing up arounf 5.5k, when I'm feeling frisky it's right before the injection cutoff at around 7100, my S/W cuts off at 7,200.

IMHO, hitting the redline is not a bad thing. These cars are designed to be high revving, I don't believe it's doing any damage at all. This is an oversquare engine with lightweight valve gear, the valves are going to start bouncing and you'll lose power long before you actually hurt anything.

Dog

 

and i thought my mileage sux!

3-4k typically... sometimes below and sometimes above... recently though i find myself just upshifting later...

before the 15% was installed on my car i had it shifting at 3.5k

 

Here's what I do for normal acceleration:

1-2: 3800-4000rpm
2-3: 3500-3800rpm
and so on.

My car has the stock pully and therefore the spoolup is
very slow.

 

I average about 22MPG in town and 35MPG Freeway, overall about 25MPG (25.2 over the last 2000 miles to be exact).

My last track event I averaged 7.1MPG for the whole day.....

Dog