6 Nov
2024
6 Nov
'24
12:51 p.m.
On 11/6/24 06:51, o1bigtenor via talk wrote:
(Your automatic transmission even in 3rd will start you off in 1st - - - that is the programmed function - - - maybe it won't but then that's an unusual automatic transmission!)
I'm old enough to remember when automatic transmissions had a 2nd drive position that started in 2nd gear. On my current car, the extra position means no overdrive. Maybe with the computer controlled engines and transmissions things are different these days and some sort of traction control is implemented, just as we've had anti lock brakes for many years. BTW, my first car had a manual transmission, 3 on the column. 🙂