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#155 of 157 Re: Manual Headlight Switch [extech2] by nmk Feb 27, 2007 (10:01 am)
Replying to: extech2 (Feb 24, 2007 4:03 pm) "My wife and I, we are always getting in and out of our cars through the open front windows. Years back a salesman told us this will save wear and tear on the door locks and the latch mechanism. The only problem is that as we are approaching retirement age, the task is becoming increasingly difficult."   Well the difficulty may arise due to one or both conditions: 1-Weight distribution - you haven't gained, just re distributed the weight to a central area of the anatomy forcing an adjustment in belt size. 2-Limb stiffening. Not considered dangerous for certain parts of a male anatomy, but for other parts of the anatomy, there is Pilatus.   So says an Old Stiff!!   Darth Vader Grey, etc. etc.
#156 of 157 Re: Cruise Control [rex10] by budh Mar 16, 2007 (1:27 am)
Replying to: rex10 (Dec 21, 2006 4:50 pm) There seems to be some conflicting information on automatic shifting characteristics.   If I have the cruise control on, and I am driving in the Appalachians where there are several long moderate grade hills to climb, would I expect a downshift from 6 to 5? Would it likely avoid having to go from 5 to 4 unless very steep?   Bud H Replies to this message: vbbuilt (Mar 16, 2007 1:39 am)
#157 of 157 Re: Cruise Control [budh] by vbbuilt Mar 16, 2007 (1:39 am)
Replying to: budh (Mar 16, 2007 1:27 am) I haven't encountered frequent shifting like that. In cruise, the tranny seems to only downshift when encountering grades and the steeper the grade, the lower gear is selected.   What I have encountered however, and this is neat, is when going downhill, I step on the brakes a bit, the tranny downshifts to the next lower gear on it's own and stays there during the entire descent down the hill. It won't upshift unless I step on the accelerator or if the descent levels out. If I need additional assist from the tranny, I apply the brakes again to slow down and it downshifts once again.   Vince.

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