#94261 - 05/29/07 10:46 PM
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how do most of you drive ... do you leave the car in d or 3 or do you manually shift?
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#94262 - 05/29/07 10:48 PM
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D for me. I have not had any issues with my TC or tranny searchin for gears
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#94263 - 05/29/07 10:51 PM
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Only time I ever actually manually shift is at the track and when I'm cruising under 45mph.
Other than that, D. If I wanted to shift, I would have gotten a manual. :p
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#94264 - 05/29/07 10:53 PM
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I guess you are refering to my problem, lol, i like using all my gears when the time is right, at the cottage off road i use sometimes 1 going up the hill in winter, and 2nd or third to drive up in summer, and in the city i use 3rd alot,
why?
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#94265 - 05/29/07 11:17 PM
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3 for me, D while on the highway at speeds of 70 and over.
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#94266 - 05/29/07 11:27 PM
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is there any benefits using 3 over D?? does it cut down on gas using 3? ive been curios at to my new found fun of trying to do a burnout and the only i found is in 3rd and even driving in 3rd it feels better... but keeping rolling in the feedback
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#94267 - 05/29/07 11:32 PM
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My transmission bounces between 3 and OD too much when I'm driving around in town if I leave it in D.
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#94268 - 05/29/07 11:32 PM
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I did D for awhile. I just started trying to use 3 but I usually stick it in N when at a stop so I don't have to use the brake to keep the car from idling forward and it supposedly keeps gas use down some. So if in 3 I have to roll it forward two notches to get to N which sometimes I may forget and may roll it into R, so depends on the mood.
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#94269 - 05/30/07 12:44 AM
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Less than 50 mph = 3
More than 50 mph = D
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#94270 - 05/30/07 01:02 AM
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3 around the city and D for highway use.
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#94271 - 05/30/07 01:15 AM
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On my car it will shift into OD in D at 45 with Performance Shift on, but when its off it will shift into OD at like 41. I always leave it in D, it saves some gas by keeping the RPM's down when I'm driving around 45 in the city.
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#94272 - 05/30/07 01:41 AM
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I leave it in drive, unless racing or if it's really raining out. Maybe it's just my imagination, but it seems a lot easier to keep the tires from spinning off a dead stop when it's really wet in 3 than in D.
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#94273 - 05/30/07 01:44 AM
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It is your imag because when you start from any stop you start out in 1 no matter what.
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#94274 - 05/30/07 02:10 AM
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Ha, maybe it's just a psychological thing, I should try it.
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#94275 - 05/30/07 02:21 AM
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do u have to stop when before switching or do you just let off the gas... this is coming from someone who has never touched a manual...
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