Does anyone else like driving fast?

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I guess because I've lived in the same place all my life, and I know most of the roads really well in a pretty wide area. I know where most of the speed traps are, or can guess where they are likely to be and what times of the day/month the cops are likely to be out. And also watch closely for signs of other drivers driving unexplainably slow or suddenly hitting the brakes because that often means cops are around.

I hate driving, mostly because I'm horrible at paying attention and the sun is always in my eyes. Or at night, when cars drive by going the opposite direction, it is impossible for me to see the road for like 3 to 5 seconds because of their stupid headlights. I really don't know how I haven't been in a major accident by now, though I have had a few close calls.

it might be a good idea to relocate to an inner city where public transit is plentiful.

I would say you are also blessed with a generous helping of good luck.

I've had some fun driving fast in some remote places.

Does keeping it in 3rd or 4th til you are at 60, make your rpm's go super high?

Wait: Does keeping it in 3rd or 4th til you are at 60, make your rpm's go super high?

I wouldn't keep it in third the whole way to sixty, just until I speed up

On my car, only 3 and half ish, not sure whether that's classed as high or not. It's only for like 2 3 seconds anyway.

IDK, I was always taught that you have to change to the next gear when you get to 3. If not, the engine is super loud and gas gets wasted. Too bad I couldn't see this irl so I can see what you are talking about. I'm kind of starting to see that there are so many ways to drive a manual and no one drives the same as the next person (as opposed to an automatic).

If I'm on a dual carriageway and I've stopped at traffic lights I stick in first and pull off when the lights go green. I put it in second almost immediately, then go into third a thirty. 4th at forty five then when I get to seventy I put it into 6th. Or I go 3rd to 55 then put it into 5th and then 6 th once I get to seventy. It might vary a wee bit if I'm coming off a roundabout or slip road.

Some people are very gentle with their cars and go up in individual gears. Everyone drives differently, I drive like that because that's how I was taught.

If I shifted before 3k in my car I'd always be lugging, I usually pull to 4.5-6k when I'm not in traffic (4-5k in traffic), but I also tend to drive pretty aggressively. Since I don't have an exhaust at all right now it's super loud just before I shift.
It depends on the car and the engine in the car. Shifting early is always more economical though, usually shifting no higher than wherever peak torque is made is optimal for economical driving.

Some engines are tuned to produce lots of torque down low, they usually tend to taper off as they spin faster so you shift early. This is common with big engines and economical engines in street cars
Some engines are tuned to produce lots of power and torque across a wide band so you can pull pretty high before shifting. This is common in sporty medium engines and most small engines in street cars and some big engines in cars that get used for some track use.
Some engines are tuned to make a lot of power up high and sacrifice low-end torque. This is common in race car engines, some tuned street small street car engines and bike engines (since bikes are so light). These engines usually feel pretty wimpy for their size until you really wind them up. They're sometimes very 'peaky' and only produce a lot of power in a limited range which is why they're not very suitable for normal day-to-day use.

Gearing makes a difference too. American cars often have relatively low final-drive ratios so that you cruise at highway speed at relatively low rpm. Cars from the rest of the world tend to be geared a little bit higher, since they often have smaller engines for a similar weight. A smaller engine will typically produce less torque and need to spin faster to make the same amount of power as a bigger engine. Smaller cars tend to have relatively smaller engines compared to their weight than bigger cars so they will often have fairly aggressive gearing to compensate for the engine needing to be spun faster to accelerate reasonably.

Obviously a Corvette with a 6000cc engine can accelerate quite gently and keep up with a compact that weighs the same with a 2000cc engine. The compact would be limited to a much lower top speed by it's gearing, compared to the Corvette, even if it had the same power and red line as the Corvette. The turbo 4x4 sports version of our compact car (with Corvette-like levels of power) would have different gearing than either the sedate version or the Corvette, due to it's engine having different characteristics.

These are my specs: I have a tiny hatchback.
2002 Model
Engine size: 2.0L
MPG: Up to 25 city, 33 highway
Horsepower: 140 HP
Torque: 133 lb-ft
Has 200,000+ miles on it. New clutch in May

I like driving fast, though in my car it takes a while to get up speed.
I've done a couple of track days driving a Ferrari and aerial atom. That was very exhilarating especially in the Atom.

That is awful mpg. Mine averages 45-50 in the city and about 55-60 on the motorway. It's a quite a big estate car but it's only a 1.6.

Hmmm that's weird. IDK maybe mine is just so slow because it's 12 years old and pushing 210k.