# low RPM + low MPH = bad for car?

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**Created:** [May 15, 2007, 3:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/low-rpm-low-mph-bad-for-car/29309 "2007-05-15T03:58:39Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 27, 2007, 11:38am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/low-rpm-low-mph-bad-for-car/29309/4 "2007-06-27T11:38:59Z")

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Think about how an automatic works. It will shift into a high gear when you’re at a steady speed, even when you’re going quite slow. But when you give it some gas, it downshifts.

If you do the same in your car, you’ll be fine.

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