I've heard tales of people driving in 3rd gear "in the city". Is this OK? What are advantages/disadvantages? How 'bout on the highway? In 3rd gear my E420 is turning only 3000rpm at 60mph--and seems much more responsive without having to resort to kick down. What do y'all think??? TIA, Mitch

This should be perfectly alright.

JP Toronto

Advantage - Faster response

Disadvantage - Higher Fuel consumption

I leave it in 3rd 80% of the time... :)

Andy Kuo

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I find 3 kinda useless around town. If you REALLY need to get somewhere, you probably oughta be in 2. Otherwise, 4 saves gas.

[This message has been edited by DSinger (edited 11-20-2000).]