When climbing a twisty mountain road, I dropped my trans from "D" into "3"
to prevent it from ****fting up into overdrive every time I lifted my foot
off the gas for another hairpin turn. When the slope got steep enough, I
even put it into "2". The reason for a ****ft selector on an automatic is
to
be able to override it for particular needs or performance.
"Bob Shuman" <reshuman@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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>I can't speak for having this capability in a minivan, but do know that
the
>"auto-stick", which allowed manual ****fts of the electronically
controlled
>4-speed automatic transmission on my 1996 Eagle Vision TSI, was a
wonderful
>feature. I used it regularly every winter to compensate for the low 1st
>gear and high torque engine which used to result in simply spinning the
>wheels whenever trying to start from a dead stop on snow/glare ice. By
>starting in 2nd or even 3rd gear, I was able to simply pull away (rather
>slowly) without spinning or sliding on ice.
>
> Other than this application, I also occasionally used the manual gear
> control to down****ft into lower gears and provide some engine braking
when
> descending steep declines.
>
> Hope this is what you were looking for from your question.
>
> Bob
>
> "Joe Brown" <jmbrown104@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> news:jeqdna6fmseTjlvanZ2dnUVZ_tmhnZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Our new 2008 T/C van has a automatic with 6 speeds. Why would a
person
>> ****ft it manually?
>
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