I alwasy thought a gear indicator was pointless but if it has a TRE its win win. My thing was always if you want to get more accell and have the rpm down shift, if you are cruising and buring rpm up shift... I guess gears are pointless to me, i could care less I shift accordingly to what i need regardless of the gear i am in. Granted Im not a retard and go from 5th to 1st.