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- From: vbreault@rinhp750.gmr.com (Val Breault)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos.tech
- Subject: Re: Auto in neutral at light
- Message-ID: <VBREAULT.92Nov13150939@rinhp750.gmr.com>
- Date: 13 Nov 92 20:09:39 GMT
- References: <Holt-131192095050@cheme-kinetics.cheme.washington.edu.>
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- In-reply-to: Holt@cheme.washington.edu's message of 13 Nov 92 17:53:53 GMT
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- In article <Holt-131192095050@cheme-kinetics.cheme.washington.edu.> Holt@cheme.washington.edu (Brad Holt) writes:
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- Ok I just got my first automatic transmission vehicle (for towing).
- Question: Suppose I come to a long stop light. After I have stopped s
- hould I just leave it in drive or put it in neutral?
-
- (Sigh)
- 1 - Read your owners manual
- 2 - Do everything your owners manual says
-
- Your automatic transmission (actually the whole car) was ENGINEERED.
- People that take great pride in their work analyzed the requirements
- and engineered a solution that meets those requirements. Some trade-
- offs may have been made, but requiring the operator to change gears
- at stop lights is beyond reasonable; approaching absurd.
-
- Brad
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