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Old 07-10-2008, 10:11 AM   #14 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by mechman600 View Post
Not true. Gear "2" on the shifter will cause the transmission to stay in 2nd gear on a Honda no matter what. It's meant for icy conditions. It will cause the vehicle to start off in 2nd gear instead of 1st. Economical advantage? I doubt it.
Seriously? That's cool, I didn't know that at all.

My last experience with a Honda was a '78 Civic with the Hondamatic; it had only two gears.

Boy, do I miss that car. With a leak in the fuel pump diaphragm, blowing liquid gas out the vent hole (onto the exhaust manifold ) it still got 30mpg. It went like stink and parked anywhere.
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