In Reply to: "D" or " N " at traffic lights, or stucked ..., Serge [Profile/Gallery] , Wed, 3 Jul 2002 04:30:42

I personally flick into 'N' if I am to be stationary for longer than say 30 secs, Saab have made the stick shift freely between N and D (i.e. no lock release is required) so I figure they would have done this for a reason. My box has now done 178K miles, so far so good. I'm sure others will pitch in with for and against opinions.

Selecting manual gears on the auto box saves wear and tear by preventing the box shifting in and out of higher gears than the one selected. On a twisting back road for example you may experience the box briefly going from 3rd to overdrive on the straights then immeadiatly backing down to 3rd as you slow for the next corner, selecting 3 in this instance would stop this shifting back and forward and excessive wear to the box. I've only ever used 1 and 2 when in slow moving motorway traffic (we get a lot of that in UK) when I want to prevent the box switching to 3, however be carefull not to overrev the engine, it's easy to forget that you've resticted the box, even with the dummy lights on the dash. My suggestion is that you only change up 1 to 2 to 3 to D whilst the car is in any more than a crawl (5mph). Again Saab have made the box allow this without pressing the lock release button, shifting down whilst at speed would almost certainly cause stresses on the box as it races to catch up with the engine speed.

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• "D" or " N " at traffic lights, or stucked ..., Serge , Wed, 3 Jul 2002 04:30:42
  • To save tranny I NEVER STOP :), just take rights n/m, roman, Thu, 4 Jul 2002 13:03:12
    • Re: To save tranny I NEVER STOP :), just take rights, SaabKen, Thu, 4 Jul 2002 13:21:20
  • It's your Box Mate..., Andrew , Wed, 3 Jul 2002 11:24:09
    • Ok , Andrew ..., Serge , Wed, 3 Jul 2002 12:43:39
      • Idle lower or higher in "N" ?, SaabKen, Wed, 3 Jul 2002 13:07:54
        • Re: Idle lower or higher in "N" ?, Serge , Wed, 3 Jul 2002 17:16:07
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  • Re: "D" or " N " at traffic lights, or stucked ..., SaabKen, Wed, 3 Jul 2002 10:50:53
  • Re: "D" or " N " at traffic lights, or stucked ..., chris ludwig, Wed, 3 Jul 2002 09:15:57
    • Most of my driving in city is done on 3rd. Although the, Daren, Thu, 4 Jul 2002 13:25:48
  • Re: "D" or " N " at traffic lights, or stucked ..., Terry Pugh, Wed, 3 Jul 2002 06:47:22 <-- Viewing This Message

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