Hi chaps,

 

asking lots of questions at the mo - only got my TT on sat - so bare with me!!

 

changing up manually 1st and 2nd on the auto - is it of any benefit? im guessing its quicker? - is that the only thing? also over drive - is this best always left on or off or what?

 

Thanks!!! :dance:

Hi chaps,

 

asking lots of questions at the mo - only got my TT on sat - so bare with me!!

 

changing up manually 1st and 2nd on the auto - is it of any benefit? im guessing its quicker? - is that the only thing? also over drive - is this best always left on or off or what?

 

Thanks!!! :dance:

 

 

You really don't have to ever do any manual shifting in an auto - it certainly wouldn't make it any quicker. The reason these gears are there is to lock the transmission into the selected gear. You may be going down a very steap incline and want to use the engine braking facility that 2nd gear provides - keep it in 2nd gear so long as you don't let the engine over-rev.

 

As for the over drive - leave it engaged and view it as an additional gear. It's there to promote efficiency (ie better mpg). I have mine engaged permanently and only switch it off when I'm about to overtake one/several cars. It'll give you quicker accelleration then if the gearbox has to downshift from O/D to 3rd.

 

HTH

 

Dan

You really don't have to ever do any manual shifting in an auto - it certainly wouldn't make it any quicker. The reason these gears are there is to lock the transmission into the selected gear. You may be going down a very steap incline and want to use the engine braking facility that 2nd gear provides - keep it in 2nd gear so long as you don't let the engine over-rev.

 

As for the over drive - leave it engaged and view it as an additional gear. It's there to promote efficiency (ie better mpg). I have mine engaged permanently and only switch it off when I'm about to overtake one/several cars. It'll give you quicker accelleration then if the gearbox has to downshift from O/D to 3rd.

 

HTH

 

Dan

 

 

Thats great - thanks for that!