How Do You Keep An Auto Trans In The Highest Gear?

[DebbyM46227]

I drive a manual, but I still don't go above 40 MPH until my cool light goes off, and in the winter when it's really cold outside, it can be 3 or 4 miles before the engine warms up enough for it to go off.

There's a reason Toyota did this, they didn't set up the automatics this way just to tick you off.

[bronsin]

Originally Posted by DebbyM46227

I drive a manual, but I still don't go above 40 MPH until my cool light goes off, and in the winter when it's really cold outside, it can be 3 or 4 miles before the engine warms up enough for it to go off.

There's a reason Toyota did this, they didn't set up the automatics this way just to tick you off.

And the reason is...THEY ARE MORONS! I work with engineers all the time and you would not BELIEVE the insane things that get in their heads sometimes.

Im thinking this mod is going to be as big as the cruise control one!

CANT WAIT




Deb you are an ENABLER!

[SAV912]

Originally Posted by bronsin

And the reason is...THEY ARE MORONS!

Yeah, right. A wild generalization based on some engineers you worked with in a category that had nothing to do with automobile manufacturing.

You know what would be a lot easier than creating a potential problem by programming an ATX to do something it wasn't intended to do? A block heater. Engine is warm upon start up, and you get your shift to 4th right away. Rest of the country in winter has this figured out, don't know why it's so difficult.

And as far as the best fuel economy, cruise control isn't the way to go either, yet you added that to your car. Maybe you'll get a little more respect with your answers to your threads after you stop painting an entire industry of people with one brush. Not all of us are the idiots you proclaim us to be because you had an incident with a select few several years ago.

To answer your question for this thread though, it's about 30 MPH, but it all depends on load. Drive as if there's an egg under the gas pedal, you'll be in 4th gear nearly all the time.

-C