10-07-2014, 05:39 AM | #1 |
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Redline in 1st & 2nd gear?
As I eagerly await the production & delivery of my M3, I'm wondering what the redline is in 1st & 2nd gear for the manual tranny. I live in a rural area with a max 50mph speed limit but many of the roads have a 35mph limit. One of the joys of driving my FR-S around here is legally winding it up from a stop since it redlines just under 40mph in 1st - I'm hoping I can do the same in the M3
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10-07-2014, 06:05 AM | #2 |
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Redline is the same in all gears: 7600RPM
I guess you meant to ask what is the maximum speed in each gear: 1st=42mph 2nd=75mph 3rd=113mph 4th=147mph 5th=top speed limiter There won't be much joy in going WOT to redline in 1st as it will only result in endless wheel spin, unless that is your thing |
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Your jurisdiction may have laws against displays of speed and such. My brother-in-law found this out the hard way. He thought that he was OK because he never broke the speed limit but still got a ticket for excessive display of speed (or something like that). Anyway, it may not apply where you are but you may want to check if it matters to you.
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Long story short, even if you keep it within speed limit you can get a ticket for driving too aggressively.
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The only issue I had with the MT was lack of a smooth shift from 1st to 2nd. Redlining it here was never an option. I'm actually shocked it gets to above 40 in that single gear. It made no difference if I was in full efficient or full sport+, that's one tricky gear that I finally started to sort out after more time behind the wheel.
Will anyone let me drive their DCT for reference?
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But Texas has the highest speed limit in the United States. Only place he could move that would be faster would be Germany (and a few other countries).
http://www.motorists.org/speed-limits/state-chart
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