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Manual shifting only showing 4 gears?

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Old Feb 19, 2015 | 10:21 PM
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Manual shifting only showing 4 gears?

When i switch it to M mode or use the paddle buttons it only shows 4 gears then goes to C mode. If im not crazy, i thought we had 5 gears?
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Old Feb 19, 2015 | 10:59 PM
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5th gear is only usable in M mode at highway speeds (50MPH). It won't let you shift if it will drop the RPM's too low.
It's indeed a 5 speed

In "C" Mode it will allow you to manually shift gears 1-4. When you shift into "5" it reverts back to shifting automatically. You can only manually shift into 5th in "M" mode.

Hope that helps.

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Old Feb 20, 2015 | 12:16 AM
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like 2000UZJ said, if the engine is revving at too low of rpm's the car will not have enough power i think... or however to say it and will stall out, RPM too low engine die, RPM high engine go vroom vroom
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Old Feb 20, 2015 | 11:26 PM
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In M you skip 5th and go to 6th.
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