The Manual-Automatic Protege5
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True. If I am not mistaken OD is for when you're climbing up a hill so that you stay in gear longer so taht the transmission doens't always have to shift up and down. And since you have tiptronic, you can just put it in tiptronic mode so you transmission wont' be shifting up and down all the time (while climbing the hill).mp5jeff said:
From waht I remember, that is basically the use of the OD. However, I dont' really remember why the automatic transmission will shift up and down in short intervals when you're climbing a hill.
Another use of the OD that I can think of, is to downshift
o my god are you guys that uneducated in what OD is?
OD - Over Drive
Its the tallest gear in which the motor is actually turning slower than the tires. It gives you the most amount of fuel economy, but you have the least amount of power / torque.
You have a button to turn it off when you are constantly climbing and decending hills, or towing for example. The tranny will be constantly trying to get into the highest gear possible (OD) to achieve the best fuel economy, but then need more torque/horsepower to go up a hill etc. Resulting in a ton of upshifting and downshifting, which is needlessly wearing pit your tranny.
Its very simple.
And for the guy saying that you should never have to push the button to get your car out of park, or into any gear for that matter, i believe everyone including me was talking about the crome button that you have to push, while you push the brake pedal to get any auto transmission in the world to move. Some have it on the top, or the front of the lever. ours on the side. Older GM's etc you had to pull the steering column mounted shifter forward then into each gear.
I was unaware that our cars had the little "emergency override" I thought that was pretty much a honda/acura thing.
You'd stick your key into it, then you could move the shifter with the car off.
My 2 cents
OD - Over Drive
Its the tallest gear in which the motor is actually turning slower than the tires. It gives you the most amount of fuel economy, but you have the least amount of power / torque.
You have a button to turn it off when you are constantly climbing and decending hills, or towing for example. The tranny will be constantly trying to get into the highest gear possible (OD) to achieve the best fuel economy, but then need more torque/horsepower to go up a hill etc. Resulting in a ton of upshifting and downshifting, which is needlessly wearing pit your tranny.
Its very simple.
And for the guy saying that you should never have to push the button to get your car out of park, or into any gear for that matter, i believe everyone including me was talking about the crome button that you have to push, while you push the brake pedal to get any auto transmission in the world to move. Some have it on the top, or the front of the lever. ours on the side. Older GM's etc you had to pull the steering column mounted shifter forward then into each gear.
I was unaware that our cars had the little "emergency override" I thought that was pretty much a honda/acura thing.
You'd stick your key into it, then you could move the shifter with the car off.
My 2 cents
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the button only applies to the early 02 p5s...everything else (02.5 and up) have the sportronic tranny, which doesnt have any buttons to press to shift it out of park...all u need to do is step on the brake and it will let you shift...as for the "emergency override," to my knowledge, its the little hole on the bottom of the shift plate that u stick a screwdriver into...
Ok, wow, didnt intend for this to become the like local heated discussion. I was just trying to be retarded and show off my gimp automatic shift knob that I worked up a little bit.
All I know is, there are no buttons on my shifter, thus I got away with not needing a shifter with buttons. Sorry all you other P5's that do.
All I know is, there are no buttons on my shifter, thus I got away with not needing a shifter with buttons. Sorry all you other P5's that do.
Ouch. Point well taken. I do wish I had gotten a manual instead, but this is the one they had on the lot wanting to bargain down. So I took it. Plus I had to get rid of that gimp large ass factory shift knob so I could put my screen there.
It may not be manual, but it's my automatic and i am gonna rock it till it dies.
It may not be manual, but it's my automatic and i am gonna rock it till it dies.
I do the same thing with high-dollar imports and stuff and kick myself when I see them with an automatic in them. My next car will be manual. My project Miata actually is going to be a manual with a turbo so I am excited when it gets driveable.
