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Old 09-28-2023, 01:11 AM   #180 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by redpoint5 View Post
I know 2 people who can destroy an automatic transmission in any vehicle in less than 100k miles. They never learned that the throttle is variable.
After seeing my mother leaving her car with the engine running and the shifter on D, relying solely on the parking brake to keep it from moving (yet shaking so much I wouldn't be surprised if the parking brake cables eventually could get loose), I wouldn't buy a car with a CVT which had been previously owned by her... I had to explain her about the P in the shifter and how it should've been used everytime the car was parked, either with the engine shut off or running.
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