Originally Posted by harrower

I have found that 6th is the last gear with any meaningful pull in gaining mph on high end and that 7th acts like an over-drive where rpms fall and speed is essentially maintained or decreased a little. I have not had a long enough stretch of road to see if 7th would pull more mph than 6K+ in 6th. On several pulls I have done 187mph-195mph (on autobahn early in the morning for all those concerned about safety) with ranges of 5900-6300 rpm or so in 6th and then backed off (for obvious reasons)or had it drop into 7th where I lost the pull.