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Old Feb 24, 2005 | 03:38 PM
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On my Bonne, which is a '93 SE... Should I use D or OD? I do a lot of driving around 40-50. Thanks for the clarification on the other stuff, though, jr
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Old Feb 24, 2005 | 03:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Krazy Kyle
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On my Bonne, which is a '93 SE... Should I use D or OD? I do a lot of driving around 40-50. Thanks for the clarification on the other stuff, though, jr
I would use D to keep the TCC from going crazy, but any speed over 55 use OD
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Old Feb 24, 2005 | 03:59 PM
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ok....is it safe to say be driving in D(OD) than switch to 3(D)? or is that bad?? i always thought it was bad to do...but things change... is it friday yet???
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Old Feb 24, 2005 | 04:01 PM
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ok....is it safe to say be driving in D(OD) than switch to 3(D)? or is that bad?? i always thought it was bad to do...but things change... is it friday yet???

if your at like 55mph+ and manually downshift it might be bad..... but if your in 3(D) you can go into D(OD) at anytime
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Old Feb 24, 2005 | 04:04 PM
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k..what if im doing like 34-45ish or below?? is just not a good idea to do??
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Okay, just for clarification: I have 1,2,D, and then (D), in that order, from left to right. D is Drive, while (D) is Overdrive... right?
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right.. the closet D to N is ur overdrive.
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Old Feb 24, 2005 | 04:10 PM
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Yea, it'* pretty vanilla... bench seats and a fixed antenna. What'* the significance?
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