Forgive my lack of knowledge when it comes to cars. I was wondering, I have a 2001 GT automatic trans. According to the manual it can operate as a 3 speed or a 4 speed, depending on how you have the overdrive set. When I'm driving around day to day I just leave overdrive on, put it in D and go about my business. However, if I'm out cruising on a nice night just having a good time, sometimes I'll cruise around in 2nd gear, mainly because it drives the RPM's to about 2-3k when I'm about cruising speed (35-40MPH) and it makes my Magnaflow catbacks really sound great. It also seems to get good jump in second gear.
If I need to get going quick from a dead stop or am just playing around, I'll manually start out in 1st gear, then shift it up to 2nd, occasionally up to D (3rd gear with overdrive off) In the manual it says this is OK to do this.
Now my question. Is it OK to downshift my automatic transmission from a higher gear to a lower gear? Is it damaging or bad for the car?? All it says in the manual is that to downshift "press the accelerator to the floor" hahah and it will auto downshift. Sometimes I want to try it if I say want a quick burst of speed. Thanks guys
- Joey
If I need to get going quick from a dead stop or am just playing around, I'll manually start out in 1st gear, then shift it up to 2nd, occasionally up to D (3rd gear with overdrive off) In the manual it says this is OK to do this.
Now my question. Is it OK to downshift my automatic transmission from a higher gear to a lower gear? Is it damaging or bad for the car?? All it says in the manual is that to downshift "press the accelerator to the floor" hahah and it will auto downshift. Sometimes I want to try it if I say want a quick burst of speed. Thanks guys
- Joey