Can anyone manually shift the CVT into the *REAL* top gear?

[Palut]

Has anyone figured out or heard of a way to manually shift the Integra CVT into its true tallest gear while in S mode using the paddle shifters? I'm not asking about the 7th simulated gear that S mode gives you, but the actual tallest gear ratio that the CVT uses when it is automatically shifting in D mode.

For those who might not know, you can "shift" the CVT between 7 simulated gears in S mode with the paddle shifters, but if you just go into D mode and let the car do its thing, it will shift into a taller gear ratio for highway cruising. This hidden extra gearing yields an extra 2-3 mpg on the highway, but forces one to use D mode instead of being able to do it manually.

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[slowcountry]

If you're wanting higher mpg, you'd want low rpms... while S drive is designed to maintain high rpms, no?

 

[Palut]

I don't allow the car to shift itself in S mode, instead I use in the paddle shifters in order to control gear ratios manually. I'm normally in S-mode with manual gear selection all the time, only going into D mode for low speed driving such as parking lots or traffic jams.

This works everywhere except on long, boring freeway drives. Because the paddles won't shift to the same tallest gear ratio that D mode automatic shifting will, I'm forced to use D mode in order to get the best fuel economy on boring freeway drives. I'd prefer to just be able to shift to the tallest gear myself and avoid D mode altogether.

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