This is our first European car (2015 Passat TDI) and we were surprised at how early the car was recommending that we shift (Manual Transmission obviously).
Sure enough I read in he manual that it is basically recommending to shift at every 10 kph.
I don't have the manual in front of me at the moment but 6th gear was basically 60 kmh (36 mph) according to the manual.
5th was 30, 4th was 25, etc.
Is anyone following this? If I went by feel, it would be something more like every 10 mph instead of kph.
Going by the recommendation in the manual and the cars prompts, it sometimes seem to be bogged down. I often find myself downshifting just to make it feel more natural.
Sure enough I read in he manual that it is basically recommending to shift at every 10 kph.
I don't have the manual in front of me at the moment but 6th gear was basically 60 kmh (36 mph) according to the manual.
5th was 30, 4th was 25, etc.
Is anyone following this? If I went by feel, it would be something more like every 10 mph instead of kph.
Going by the recommendation in the manual and the cars prompts, it sometimes seem to be bogged down. I often find myself downshifting just to make it feel more natural.