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echo: horses
to: MEG ALFONI
from: VICKI NICHOLS
date: 1996-09-01 15:08:00
subject: Trucks

MM :>come a long way.  I have an auto on mine even with
MM :>overdrive.  One thing to
MM :>remember though is that if you do get one with overdrive
MM :>don't use the
MM :>overdrive gear to tow with.  Put it in the regular D and
 MA> Oh, thanks Mike!  No@ you tell me (g)!  The first time 
 MA> I drove my truck (sans trailer even!) up the hills in 
 MA> @estern Mass, I thought I'd go nuts!
 MA> Then I realized if I put it in regular D and did a@ay 
 MA> ith the overdrive, I @as fine...not too smart 
 MA> sometimes!  My old truck didn't have overdrive...I 
 MA> really don't like it much.
     Dean said something about that with the overdrive on, it shifts too much 
and overheats and wears itself out.
     With our older (1988) GMC, we never left it on as it would shift and 
shift and shift in the hills.  I figured it had a lot to do with the V6 as 
the Dodge doesn't do it.
--- Maximus/2 3.00
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