Thus spake "TE Chea" > :

>| 5th lets me loaf along at around 3000 RPM and 65 mph.
>65 mph = 104.6 kph, @ this speed my SM4 ( final & 4th
>gear combined ratio = 3.132335, axle height 30 cm via 205/
>65R15 tyres, zero toe-in ) needs just 104.6 x 8750 ÷ 33 x
>3.132335 ÷ 30 = 2895.8 rpm.
>Either your 5th gear's ratio is too high, or axle ( tyre ) height
>is low.
>
>| I drop to 4th whle signalling and pulling out.
>Sounds like a manual gearbox. Your gearbox is automatic ?
>

Manumatic. But my Civic was a manual and the same general effect
applied. It's just that I can now stand on while shifting and
signalling.