That reminds me of the Speedometers on the old Volkswagon Bugs showing shift points. Useless!

I'm with Roger, you want to keep your RPM in the range where you have maximum torque for what you're trying to do. I don't have the specs but the '05 and up was somewhere around 2500 RPM. Accelerating in taller gears is pointless unless you aren't holding anyone up and you're not in a hurry.

That's one of the reasons why I purchased the 5 sp Auto. I didn't want to play with 6 gears in traffic and only use 3 of them regularly. On roadtrips I generally use the CC and it usually will drop about 5-10MPH before it downshifts and gets back up to speed going up hills.

I used to drive Rx7's, most of the time I would shift from 1st to 3rd and then be well over the speed limit and throw it in 5th. Those MMMmmmm cars really loved to rev... Ahh those were the days...