Find yourself forgetting to shift into 5th sometimes?

I was coming home from work tonight and started up the Cove (8 miles or so of windy roads) And when I was turning onto my road and went to down-shift, I found that I was in 4th the whole way up through the cove. The speed limit is posted 55mph, but most people do 60 and get away with doing 65 late at night. The car didn't feel different to me. I just find it crazy I went that long without knowing I was in 4th.

Anyone else have this happen any?

 

no not really haha. if i'm going for a long distance at 70mph+ i'll have it in 5th, but i take about a 15mile stretch of the highway to work, it's 70mph limit, so i have it in 4th at 3500 all the way there, i somehow actually get better mpg with it in 4th at 70 than 5th at 70

 

lol that's odd...I'll have to see what the little display says and give that a shot.

 

i always forget theres a 5th gear in my bf's cobalt...haha. im so used to my 4 gear Courier that i just dont use it. He yells at me when we're both in the car if i dont use it.

 

yea sometimes i do that too.....just cuz sometimes i like the way it sounds in 4th rather than shift up...but if im on the highway i def remember 5th gear

 

thats the cobalt gear ratio for ya....

 

^^^lol... i drift off sometimes so ive forgotten to upshift in almost any gear 1st included

 

5th over 70..other than that 4th...

and it does save on gas...

 

^^^ nice avatar but now im looking at **** again

 

5th above 45 for me

 

x2, I have realized that the Cobalt really doesnt like high gears unless you're really moving. Sometimes when I'm going 50-55, I'll put it in 5th, but mostly it stays in 4th.