DrivingYourMazda
StartingandDriving
NOTE
Shiftingdown
Whendrivingathighspeeds,thegearmay
l
Ifthevehiclespeedishigherthanthe
speedspecifiedforeachgear,thegear
cannotbeshifteddowntoalowergear.
notshiftdowndependingonvehiclespeed.
Duringdeceleration,thegearmay
automaticallyshiftdowndependingon
vehiclespeed.
Whendepressingtheacceleratorfully,the
transmissionwillshifttoalowergear,
dependingonvehiclespeed.
l
Gear
M6→M5
M5→M4
Vehiclespeed
210km/h(130mph)
l
175km/h(108mph)
Between122and135km/h
(75
muchtheacceleratorpedalis
depressed.
and83mph),dependingonhow
M4→M3
Secondgearfixedmode
Whentheshiftleveristappedback(
whilethevehicleisstopped,the
transmissionissetinthesecondgear
fixedmode.Thegearisfixedinsecond
whileinthismodeforeasierstartingand
drivingonslipperyroads.Iftheshiftlever
istappedback( )orforward( )while
inthesecondgearfixedmode,themode
willbecanceled.
)
Between77and90km/h
(47
muchtheacceleratorpedalis
depressed.
and59mph),dependingonhow
M3→M2
M2→M1
30km/h(18mph)
Duringdeceleration,thegearsshiftdown
automaticallywhenspeedisreducedto
thefollowing:
Gear
Vehiclespeed
60km/h(37mph)
Shiftingspecification
Shiftingup
M6→M5
M5→M4
M4→M3
M3→M2
M2→M1
40km/h(24mph)
26km/h(16mph)
18km/h(11mph)
12km/h(7mph)
Ifthevehiclespeedislowerthanthe
speedspecifiedforeachgear,thegear
cannotbeshifteduptoahighergear.
NOTE
Gear
Vehiclespeed
ThegeardoesnotshiftdowntoM1
automaticallywhileinthesecondgearfixed
mode.
Between0and18km/h
(0
and11mph),dependingonhow
M1→M2
muchtheacceleratorpedalis
depressed.
Ifthevehicleiskickeddownatthe
followingspeedsorlower,thegearsshift
downautomatically:
Between20and33km/h
(13
and21mph),dependingonhow
M2→M3
M3→M4
muchtheacceleratorpedalis
depressed.
Gear
Vehiclespeed
210km/h(130mph)
175km/h(108mph)
175km/h(108mph)
Between30and33km/h
(19
and21mph),dependingonhow
M6→M5
M6→
M5→M4
muchtheacceleratorpedalis
depressed.
M4
M4→M5
M5→M6
43km/h(27mph)
65km/h(41mph)
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| Categories | Mazda Manuals, Mazda RX-8 Manuals |
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| Model Year | 2008 |
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