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downshift for uphill? 200 1989

posted by  walrus3 on  Sat Jan 15 04:44 CST 2005
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I think you need to drive a car with standard shift for a while to understand
the reason for different gear ratios.
It has to downshift to have enough torque to bring the car up the hill.
If you had enough engine torque to handle each and every situation you
wouldn't need a transmission.
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New downshift for uphill? [200][1989]
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