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Old 03-20-2002, 09:32 AM
NIC
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charles,

Brrrr, 39 degrees in your town this am as I respond. Sometimes its great to be in the South.

One of the things I like best about my car is that it does not downshift on hills in general. If I'm going slowly up a steep hill (in town or in the mountains), it does shift automatically to a lower gear without fully depressing the pedal. But normally, on the highway or interestate at speed, never needs to shift down to maintain the speed. Lots of easy torque.

On the other hand, my wife's subaru outback, which is all-round a great car, goes crazy on the interstate every time we encounter any type of material grade. Will downshift when in cruise at 70 plus mph and turn around 4,500 rpms in the process. I hate that.

Nic
'85 300CD
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