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From: ugzannin@sunybcs.UUCP (Adrian Zannin)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: The Latest Dummy Light: SHIFT!
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Date: Sun, 5-May-85 11:36:02 EDT
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Posted: Sun May  5 11:36:02 1985
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> I just bought a Merk Lynx with a 4-speed.  The easiest thing to read on
> the dashboard is the SHIFT light!*  I think it is telling me to shift too
> soon -- the car rumbles if I 'obey' it.  Maybe I just need to let the engine
> get worked in?
> 
> I am interested to know what other people think of the car telling you when
> to shift.  Sounds like a poor man's automatic to me.
> 
> 				Jim Heliotis
   Well, Jim, I don't have that car, but I have a 1980 Toyota Corrolla SR-5
with the 5-speed, and it has shift marks on the speedometer that are supposed
to show you when to shift to get the best mileage.  Well, I tried it and I 
had the same problem, so I started shifting when I though I should (by the
sound of the engine) and I found myself shifting at least 10 miles an hour
over what is recommended.  Also, that shift light is probably no good on 
hills either.  (I personally think that standard shift cars were meant to
be red-lined anyway!)...

-- 
     Adrian Zannin

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