 HELP WITH OVERDRIVE TRANSMISSION, I NEED TO KNOW WHAT OVERDRIVE DOES?? |
 Oct 15, 2008 - 10:06 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Oct 15, '08 From Florida Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%)  |
i recently purchased an automatic 97 celica ST hatchback. I have been wondering if most people leave there car in or out of overdrive? Any benefits to better mpg with overdrive??? what exactly does overdrive do?
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Oct 15, 2008 - 10:09 PM
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 Enthusiast  Joined Apr 15, '07 From Fort Worth, TX Currently Offline Reputation: 12 (100%) |
Overdrive is basically like a 5th gear for automatics. I recommend keeping it on.
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Oct 15, 2008 - 10:11 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Sep 1, '08 From STL Currently Offline Reputation: 1 (100%) |
QUOTE (GotToyota @ Oct 15, 2008 - 11:09 PM)  Overdrive is basically like a 5th gear for automatics. I recommend keeping it on. exactly... unless for some reason you need alot of acceleration and your in like 4th gear... over drive keeps rpms low which is want you want for more mpgs This post has been edited by Add45: Oct 15, 2008 - 10:12 PM |
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BlazedInMyCeli HELP WITH OVERDRIVE TRANSMISSION Oct 15, 2008 - 10:06 PM
xredjokerx i thought overdrive WAS 4th gear...
when overdri... Oct 16, 2008 - 1:03 AM 3SGTE-auto Red joker is right. Overdrive gear is gear #4. Its... Oct 16, 2008 - 6:40 AM RickJamesBish Leave it on...it lowers RPM by about 1k in each ge... Oct 16, 2008 - 8:38 AM enderswift im pretty sure overdrive is a run mode for the tra... Oct 17, 2008 - 2:29 PM
3SGTE-auto QUOTE (enderswift @ Oct 17, 2008 - 3... Oct 18, 2008 - 2:55 AM hurley97 3SGTE-auto is right
The basics of it is this, the... Oct 18, 2008 - 7:50 PM |
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