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Old 07-20-2018, 08:42 PM   #32
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Originally Posted by Ken / Claudia View Post
My opinion is not to put anyone down but, I think MOST people have always had vehicles with auto transmissions and ALWAYS put it in drive, park and reverse, nothing else. Use the brakes to slow on down grades, use the gas to speed up. Never moving the gear lever to any of those other gears. When getting into RVing do not understand towing heavy trailers and the need to find the correct RPM range by OD, no OD, TH, no TH and even shifting the auto transmission gears manually to keep the engine in peak RPMs to go up and down hills or even in stop and go traffic. That stuff should be in every vehicles manuals, it has been in all the pickups I have owned or used for work under towing.
I follow RVers on our mountain passes towing still doing the same thing, brakes to slow down, rarely do the brake lights go off unless they have a newer diesel.
That is what happens when almost everything is automatic now. I guess the Tow/Haul mode is suppose to help that problem. Having owned muscle cars (Corvette/Camaro) over the years, I'm used to stick shift and watching the rpm's when I have automatic, rarely actually using the automatic. Being hard of hearing, almost deaf, I don't hear the engine or what it's doing, so I've always had a TACH to watch. Firmly believe in NOT lugging the engine whether towing or not.
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