[OM] Re: OT Mileage, Automatic gears

[Jan Steinman]

> From: "Terry and Tracey" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> And 4000 rpm is compensated by the gear box.

BTW: low RPM is a feature, not a bug. It's one of the reasons diesels 
last longer: same power at lower RPM.

My three diesels rarely get over 2,000 RPM.

RPM is like voltage, torque is like amperage. You can get the same 
power via more of one or more of the other.

When you get power from higher RPM rather than torque, you get more 
engine wear. It's pretty simple to understand that an engine run at 
2,000 rpm is going to last twice as long as one run at 4,000 rpm.

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