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Originally Posted by Revo1
Or you could just pop it in 6th once you reach cruising speed. Or is precise timing critical to the process?  |
Well I noticed when I had my Avalanche automatic that when I aproached a hill it would kick down to 5th or 4th (depending on the grade of the hill) and I had no control over it but to just ease off the throttle and just end up going slower. But with the paddle shifters in the Camaro this totally gives you all the control you need. If I had paddle shifters in the Avalanche I bet I could have gone up those same hills in 6th gear and still have maintained the same speed I started up the hill with.
I imagine you could just pop it into 6th gear, but in regular drive mode it will automatically switch back into regular drive mode after a few seconds of me shifting into 6th with the paddle shifter, I imagine in order to keep it in 6th gear I would need to just put the gear selector into sport mode. it is just easier for me to just hit the paddle shifter in drive mode, and if it is a long hill I just keep tapping it when it needs to stay in 6th and is about to change back to drive.
And No.....Precise timing is not needed for this trick, I just like to leave it in drive so that I don't need to worry about what gear it is in when I have to slow down going through small towns. Next time I go I just might try and see what happens if I just do it in sport mode and see if I can keep it in 6th gear all the time.