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When I'm driving 'normally' I shift at 2800-3200. When I drive a bit more 'spirited' I'll take it up to 4500-5500. If I'm racing,it's pretty much close to redline,but I rarely ever race.

Even with spirited driving,and highway speeds of 120kmh at a cruise,I can still see 575km to a tank of gas in my '95 V6 MTX with 264k KM on it. My previous '98 Mystique Zetec ATX with 90k KM on the engine would be laughing it it got 375km to a tank.

The only mods my car has right now are a removed resonator and a Ractive muffler. I got 550km to my last tank of gas,and that was because I was driving on a hot day with the windows down,my new transmission in the trunk and 4 people in the car 2 days ago,so that day kind of put the fuel mileage down.