07-11-2008, 01:33 AM
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Originally Posted by RH77
Yes, forgot to mention.
In just about anything I drive, (if equipped with a tach) when I see the bump upward in RPM during decel, I know that the DFCO is no longer active, so it's time to bump it down a gear. I try to get it down a gear before then to keep the fuel-cut active.
The problem: 1st gear is generally super-low in cars these days. I'm in a rental Camry 4-cyl right now and L just about stands it on its nose.
Speaking of which, what happened to automatics that just shift STRAIGHT BACK??? On this car I have to go through a maze of side-to-side, front-and-back just to find L. It's frustrating when you want to keep your eyes on the road. /rant
RH77
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The funky shifter path is just the "new thing". Also adds a path for manumatics. I remember some 90s Cadillacs having that, and at the time it was so much cooler to slide through that then the typical straight path.
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