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Old 03-30-2009, 07:51 AM
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Originally Posted by Cr from Texas View Post
I normally drive around town in S, it avoids a lot of up and down shifts to 4th. I'll manually shift to 4th on the streets that let me get up to 45 mph or so. I seem to get better in town mpg that way and also saves wear and tear on the tranny IMHO.


thats a good idea but keeping it from going into 4th would use more fuel due to the braking effect
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