"alfred" <tomboy83=@yahoo.com> wrote in
news:CrPRj.30838$KJ1.16631@newsfe19.lga:

>
>>
>> AAAAAAAAAAAGH! STOP IT! STOP IT RIGHT NOW!
>>
>> You are causing 20 times the amount of wear in your transmission each
>> time you drive like this. At this rate, you will be looking at a
>> complete rebuild in about two years.
>>
>
> I seem to remember in the car manual that it said that the car can be
> driven like a manual if you want, by using the gears. Why would this
> put strain on the tranny? Its just like driving it the reular way
> except you are shifting it.



Shifting manually will do no harm at all; the tranny is designed for this.

According to the Owner's Manual:
"To shift from Second to First, press the release button on the bottom of
the shift lever. This position locks the transmission in first gear. By
upshifting and downshifting through 1, 2, D3, and D, you can operate this
transmission much like a manual transmission without a clutch pedal."


Have fun. Just make sure you shift below the redline.


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Tegger

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