I'm more the "drive it like you stole it" type, but I'll let one of our "chief engineers' discuss that.

Those little "shift guideline" dots on your speedo are for down shifting, so you wont drop her into a lower gear to soon. My 64 VW bug has those which I assumed were to tell how far to wind her out, maybe I better check the manual

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1985 Euro 240D 5 spd 140K
1979 240D 5 spd, 40K on engine rebuild
1994 Dodge/Cummins, 5 spd, 121K
1964 Allice Chalmers D15 tractor
2014 Kubota L3800 tractor
1964 VW bug

"Lifes too short to drive a boring car"