[GoneIn4Secs]

What gear, rpm do find yourself at when you are at your default cruising on city streets??

[Top Gon]

Originally Posted by GoneIn4Secs

What gear, rpm do find yourself at when you are at your default cruising on city streets??

I like to stay just above 2k rpm when cruising. Below that it feels kinda dead.

Gear is dependent on speed

[DanG]

Originally Posted by BF87

I like to stay just above 2k rpm when cruising. Below that it feels kinda dead.

Gear is dependent on speed

I use to use 2.5K as my minimum on my six speed (E46 M3). My M2 is a DCT, so it decides.

[Anthony1s]

I have DCT and drive almost exclusively in the city and always in sport+. I downshift at 1900 and upshift around 3500 or maybe a little higher.

[Top Gon]

Originally Posted by DanG

I use to use 2.5K as my minimum on my six speed (E46 M3). My M2 is a DCT, so it decides.

Mine is DCT also, but I drive it exclusively in manual mode.

[akkando]

Originally Posted by BF87

I like to stay just above 2k rpm when cruising. Below that it feels kinda dead.

Gear is dependent on speed

DCT here and same. It seems to want to cruise about there on the highway and it feels luggy and dead below 2k so I keep it between 2 and 2.5

As soon as the car is warmed up though.... things may change!

[pruettfan]

7,000 Rpm is the sweet spot

Seriously this is a very general question. I don't know what cruising is to you. Generally around 3,000 or a little higher is a good place to be if you want to be able to access the great torque our engines have to offer.

[GoneIn4Secs]

Interesting, i have a dct and recently started droving around in manual mode after i got my break in service done

I find my self upshifting around 3.5-4 and cruisn arpund 2-2.5

This is in 4th gear usually on city streets

[eeyang92]

Ideally you want to keep the RPMs as low as possible for the best MPG without lugging the engine (i.e. cruising). That being said, the lowest I'll go is maybe 1.3-1.5k RPM since I drive a manual - if I cruised at 1k then any time I slowed down a little I'd have to downshift. If I need to pass I would need to downshift anyways, so skipping gears isn't really any bother.

On the highway I cruise at 3k RPM because that's the lowest it go lol.

[Fear-Mongrel]

Around town, driving calmly between traffic lights or in traffic, 1400-1500 frequently. Gives best gas mileage, car is very quiet, still have enough torque to move in or out if I need to, and I have a good excuse to enjoy the fun of downshifting if I need to move quickly.

[dew343]

I am waiting for some one to say 6750.

[Anthony1s]

Originally Posted by pruettfan

7,000 Rpm is the sweet spot

Seriously this is a very general question. I don't know what cruising is to you. Generally around 3,000 or a little higher is a good place to be if you want to be able to access the great torque our engines have to offer.

Haha yea. Especially when he specified "cruising on city streets". Kind of an oxymoron because my city (an I assume others) are crazy stop-and-go traffic, stop lights every 100ft, and pedestrians crossing anywhere they feel like. Not a place I consider cruising.

[GoneIn4Secs]

I have been driving more eiffiecient, wasting less gas

[mr_lab_rat]

I try to keep it between 2000 and 2500. Over 2500 if I'm expecting a need to speed up.

[Xchange43]

I run mostly in 1st /5000rpm and 2scd /6000rpm... thats ideal for me sound wise

[F87source]

I like to keep it around 2k-2.5k rpm for city driving, then on the highway or longer stretches of road where there are few lights I generally tend to shift up and keep the revs low to save fuel when i'm not driving spiritedly.

[jefe2000]

(I know I’m necro’ing an old thread, but it seemed the ideal topic. And maybe it’s nicer to have the topic all in one thread instead of two separate ones just to avoid reviving an old one?)

I noticed this recent post where I think I’m reading that the OP turnsignalslol will cruise around at 1K RPM:
https://f87.bimmerpost.com/forums/sh....php?t=2003768

I’m a 6MT guy, so I was surprised by this. Will the DCT in our cars shift down as low as 1K RPM when loafing about town? With my manual gearbox, I’d thought that somewhere around 1.4K RPM was the lowest engine speed w/o lugging for when the car is moving (other than starting from a dead stop, of course).

[BadgerDog]

Interesting. Also on 6MT and for the most part end up a lot higher than 1k RPM. In fact, even in 6th gear 1k probably only gets me to about 26mph. Any faster and my RPMs will be higher. Figuring that because cruising on the highway around 80 I'm usually at about 3k rpm.

Wonder if that 7th gear of the DCT is a significant jump in divider to act as a sort of overdrive and help with efficiency?

[///MPhatic]

After replying to this thread and then taking a drive I'm going to revise my statement. 2K feels totally fine for normal driving, but I've learned to slowly raise the revs to at least 2.5K before I give the car any significant throttle to prevent lugging (especially when cold).

[RockCrusher]

Originally Posted by GoneIn4Secs

What gear, rpm do find yourself at when you are at your default cruising on city streets??

No M2 yet but with other cars with a manual I "match" the gear to the posted limit. That is in a 30/35mph zone I'll use 3rd gear. 40/45mph zone 4th. And so on.

However, you have to experiment. I have a 2023 MINI JCW 6-speed and it is fine in 6th gear at 45mph. Gas mileage is very good in 6th gear...

More generally as high a gear as is reasonable one that doesn't result in lugging the engine.