[diesel_mercedes] Spring Time Chores

 

With all this warm weather, my mind is turning toward Spring Time Chores such as (a) take the air cleaner off and tighten everything down, (b) put the new rear left door checks in both cars, (c) put a new map case on Mary's driver door, (d) new brakes on Martha, (e) inventory all the parts I have laying around and make a list of anything I want to snatch from local PAP's, (f) get my wife's radio and A/C operational again, (g) and maybe look underneath for clunks that need to be cured. Waxing both cars is a given.

brian from la verne
two 1983 turbo 300d's needing some love

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Re: [diesel_mercedes] RE: How do you drive an automatic?

 



On Tue, Dec 31, 2013 at 7:01 AM, <aldridgetony97@yahoo.com> wrote:


If the transmission is shifting a lot on a twisty steep uphill I put it in S and when going down the same hill I use S.

On a rough dirt road I use first. The car tells me which to uses, if it is shifting a bunch I help it by selecting a lower gear.

What a joy to have automatics, used to drive a "two sticker" 5 gears in the main and 4 in the aux, kinda fun when you needed to shiftem both at the same time, I hate driving standards nowadays.

Tony




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[diesel_mercedes] RE: How do you drive an automatic?

 

If the transmission is shifting a lot on a twisty steep uphill I put it in S and when going down the same hill I use S.

On a rough dirt road I use first. The car tells me which to uses, if it is shifting a bunch I help it by selecting a lower gear.

What a joy to have automatics, used to drive a "two sticker" 5 gears in the main and 4 in the aux, kinda fun when you needed to shiftem both at the same time, I hate driving standards nowadays.

Tony

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[diesel_mercedes] Re: How do you drive an automatic?

 

I would just leave it in Drive and let it shift down on its own when it needs it, unless you need to pass and it has issues down shifting when floored.

Steve

--- In diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com, Bud S <budski252@...> wrote:
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> Weird question but it's been so long since I've driven an automatic tranny vehicle.  Especially on long grades, do you drop it into S?
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> As an aside, I once had to get checked out in a frontend loader/backhoe, I looked at the guy and said "where's the clutch pedal?"  The guy looked at me and asked if there were really clutches in heavy equipment?
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> And I don't think I'm that old!  Or maybe I am.
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> Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android
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