is it ok to leave it on all the time? does it hurt the engine/transmission/anything else to do this? it saves alot of gas...lol..just worse acceleration and such. i worry too much about my car..haha

 

I think we all worry about the car too much, but its great to get all the knowledge you can. It is good to leave the overdrive off. Its like the 4th gear in a manual car. It also saves gas as you said and the only time you should really take it off is if you towing anything or have I think over 700-800 pounds in the car. Other than that it should remain on. Also when you floor it, the car in reality is taking the overdrive off to "downshift" the gear.

 

yep leave it off when your not on the high way,i always argue about that with my sister and dad lol

 

i hear your suppose to leave it off when your going about 60 or higher... it does save gas... and for some reason the car feels lighter... its kool... i should use it more...

 

looool going 60 leaving overdrive off, ur kidding....that waste even more gas i supposed, 3rd gear at 60 it's like at about 5000rpm.........no offense but what are smoking? looool


it's ok to leave overdrive on....dont really matter that much....

 

i've been reading most sites and they say to make sure that you have overdrive on. It saves gas is its usually reason. Well I would want to save gas at these prices.

Who said to take the OD off on the highway, it should be the other way.

 

i know.....here' the steps to drive an automatic manual car

1) overdrive off
2) L1
3) D2
4) D
5) overdrive on


looooooooooooooooooool

 

thanks for the advice. before i really understood it i didnt really use it. i noticed it revved real high on the freeway, lol. later i started just using it on the freeway, but i thought that the car should be getting better gas mileage than it did, and that i was getting ALOT better on the freeway. so now i just leave it on.

 

Good choice and this way it puts less strain on your tranny.

 

I mean steps to driving an automatic car manually hehe

 

i agree with the 'leave it on all the time except while towing' but who here tows with their 240? i have a truck for that...

 

if u have an auto ur overdrive is on all the time, when u push the button to turn it off the light comes on to remind you that overdrive is off

from what i know, does nothing to your car, just saves on gas a lot

 

overdrive on = shifts to 4th gear, then 5th gear....

overdrive off = shifts only to 3rd gear...

 

I thought autos were only 4 speeds?

D1
D2
D w/o OD
D with OD

 

Most are, except for upper echelon(sp?) luxury and sports cars. I think it's kinda like this:

L1 (First gear only)
L2 (First and second gears only, depending on vehicle speed.)
D w/o OD (First through third gears only.)
D with OD (All four gears used.)