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Old 06-21-2013, 01:21 PM
suginami suginami is offline
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Originally Posted by Doktor Bert View Post
The hills do slow the car down, but it will climb the 'Grapevine' in 4th gear at 70 mph at a little bit off the kickdown switch and I have never had to kick it down into 3rd.
Now this is amazing to me. Even our Volvo S70 and Volvo XC70 Cross Country continuously hunt between 5th and 4th gear on the Grapevine when maintaining 70-75 mph.
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