Shifting (A/T)

[Black Yaris]

I am also baffled by those of you with auto's that want to shift them, it is just silly, and hurting your trans..... you are going to do what you are going to do.... I just don't understand why one would damage such am expensive part of your car on purpose, it is like not ever changing your oil

[yrsdrgn]

Originally Posted by Black Yaris

I am also baffled by those of you with auto's that want to shift them, it is just silly, and hurting your trans..... you are going to do what you are going to do.... I just don't understand why one would damage such am expensive part of your car on purpose, it is like not ever changing your oil

i only shove the stupid slushbox into 3rd gear when i go uphills and it's in low rpm in 4th gear. I also shove it into 3rd gear sometimes when going downhill. This wouldn't hurt my car badly would it?

[daq421]

Originally Posted by Black Yaris

I am also baffled by those of you with auto's that want to shift them, it is just silly, and hurting your trans..... you are going to do what you are going to do.... I just don't understand why one would damage such am expensive part of your car on purpose, it is like not ever changing your oil

Again.. This is not really a thread about using the A/T like a manual, It's a thread about dropping out of D and into 3rd entering into turns to bring up the RPM's to put power to the wheels when you need it. All I said was the little car seems to respond to this action very well (as opposed to say my old A/T Cutlass). Using the A/T in this fashion is much like using it to engine brake down a hill, or dropping out of O/D into 3rd to pass up a hill. I'm not starting in 1st and "up-shifting" as I pull away from lights, nor am I "down-shifting" as I come to a stop.

-Peter