overdrive vs. non

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08-01-2005, 05:55 PM

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Derf00

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RE: overdrive vs. non

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Well it won't kill your car if you only do it once in a while, but if you make a habit out of it, or if you often manually shift your auto, it's not the best for your trans or your gears. The auto trans isn't strong enough to handle that kind of punishment day in and day out.

That's the first i've heard of that. Owners manual even tells you when to switch into/out-of it. Well, correction Escape manual does, don't have an auto stang so I can't speak for that. As far as it goes for punishment, when you go WOT it will kick down pretty hard. It will have to drop two gears instead of one if it's in OD so I fail to see how it would cause excessive wear or strain that normal driving wouldn't.

Edit: I agree with the manual shifting of an auto being bad though...Just not the OD part.

08-08-2005, 05:24 PM

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ghost6

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RE: overdrive vs. non

yeah my mom has a 626 and when she got it the trans went out and it was fresh from the dealership lol

08-08-2005, 05:44 PM

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Caddstang

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RE: overdrive vs. non

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ORIGINAL: ghost6

yeah my mom has a 626 and when she got it the trans went out and it was fresh from the dealership lol

thats not good, the reason I broguht that up is because my sister is driving one right now...has 60k miles on it, and the trans doesn't shift like it should. I'll let her know