No, the '94 and '01 were both manual 5-speeds. The '01 is just geared differently so it cruises at a higher RPM. Somewhere around 3,300 while the '94 was maybe 2,500. As a result, the older Civic got better MPG's and had less drone at highway speeds.
Really only got the new one because I fucked up the '94 drunk driving and my dad offered $3k for his '01.
How can this be so hard to understand for some people? Isn't it really just common sense?
I mean, you can feel when an engine is struggling. And you can feel when an engine is too high up in the RPM range to drive comfortably at a given speed.
How much common sense must one lack to have to really actively think about this while driving?
>The older WRX and WRX STi comes to mind with this one. If you get into boost in to high of a gear or to low RPM, the stock tune makes the car run stupid rich and can lead damage the ringlands. No idea if Subaru ironed this out in the newer models, though.
Citation needed.
Not necessarily. You seem to thing fuel rate and RPM are directly linked. They're not.
If you require just as much throttle to maintain a higher gear at a constant speed, then fuel usage will be identical regardless of RPM.
This 100%.
how do you know when you should drop a gear or not based on rpms then?
Like if there's a slight incline coming up but it's so obvious that you should drop a gear, how do you know if it's better to just push the throttle a bit and keep the rpms low, or if you should drop a gear and raise the rpms by a 1000.
It's widely known. You've either never owned a Subaru or are a 17 year old who slapped on an intake and a downpipe and fucked the car by not tuning for the mods.
Because throttle by wire is a thing for every car by now so how do you really know if the throttle is just not responding or it's adjusting automatically for you.
Get a feel for your car. If you know it'll require more throttle to maintain a higher gear than it would changing down, that'd be where it's beneficial down changing.
Every car's different, so feel is the only real correct answer here.
Neither. I own an 04 Sti. No problems.
I don't know what to tell you man. Unequal length headers(directly responsible for poor exhaust scavenging), building boost in to high of a gear/low RPM, and poor factory tunes have been linking to ringland failure in earlier model WRX and STis.
I'm happy to hear that your car is healthy, but you need to educate yourself on the common issues with these cars.