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Originally Posted by Cyberfan
I have it in my 02 Trans Am Firehawk. I didn't buy anything to eliminate it, but you just learn to keep it in the lower gear longer until the skip feature is no longer activated. I am so used to doing this that I never think about it, although it seems to me that by doing this, maybe I am using more gas keeping it in first longer. Doesn't that defeat the purpose of the feature (to save gas)?  |
Yeah, I don't see the point of
HOW it saves gas. There's not much reason to shift before 2000rpm but I guess I can remember shifting between first and second in traffic jams at no more than that. Cars already prevent you from shifting into first above a few mph and it
should stop you from putting it into reverse when moving forward, but you just grind your gears then if your not 100% stopped. I still don't get the logic behind 1st to 4th. It might prevent you from
Choking going into 2nd too quick. But in that case, going into 4th at low rev would choke more. How is that more efficient? I need a bit more science. There's people here capable of providing that.
