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From: garys@hou2b.UUCP (#G.SEUBERT)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: The Latest Dummy Light: SHIFT!
Message-ID: <506@hou2b.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 4-May-85 10:02:28 EDT
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Posted: Sat May  4 10:02:28 1985
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I see the SHIFT light as not telling you WHEN to shift but telling you
that, since you're not currently accelerating, you would get better
mileage if you shifted up to the next gear. If you think it's telling
you WHEN to shift and then, immediately after shifting up you start to accelerate,
the car probably WILL start to balk.

If I drive my Audi 5000S properly, the light seldom comes on. If I'm holding at
level spped in (say) 4th gear for more than a few seconds, the light comes on to
tell me I should shift. But that means I can save gas by shifting up to 5th
PROVIDING I CONTINUE to hold level speed. Obviously, if I then decide to accelerate,
I should downshift first.

Gary Seubert - HOCC UNIX Support
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