I use 3rd for 25mph, 4th for 35-40, and 5th between 45-55mph. 6th for anything above that. If I'm in stop and go, I just idle in 1st.
yeah, some places you can drive 85-95 mph. Here, you're lucky if you can go the speed limit. Besides that, I haven't had a speeding ticket in years, and I plan on keeping it that way.
The thing I like best about the MT is the damn thing isn't always changing gears randomly. the autos seem to always want to be either one gear too low, one gear to high, or switching back and forth. ugh.