I never mentioned full throttle

At 30 in 4th gear, the Fabia it turning over about 1500rpm. If the limit then increases from 30 to 40, or 50, or national (all applicable scenarios for me locally), that isn't an ideal starting point for increasing speed, as the turbo is off-boost.

My original point was that I feel 3rd is the most suitable gear for both maintaining a steady speed in a 30 limit, and also most useful when that limit is replaced with a higher one.

Steve

So just where is peak torque in the Furbie then? :confused: In the 110 it's at 1850rpm, so the engine must be on or coming on boost. I'm in the school that says there's no point generating power that you're not using, which is what using an unnecessarily low gear for steady-speed low-speed cruising is doing.

Peak torque for me is 2200-2300, but granted that isn't a std Fabia vRS. I believe a standard one is upto peak torque from 1900rpm. There again I have quite a lot of torque to play with.

I just prefer to begin any acceleration period when the turbo is on boost, rather than accelerate through the boosting point. My DMF doesn't like it very much.

Steve