>> I just get up to about 3100 rpm in 4th, back off on the accelerator a bit
>> and hit the switch. It's really like having 4-on-the-floor with an
>> automatic 5th!
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>> Craig Wiper
>> craigw@sonic.net
>> http://www.sonic.net/~craigw
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>Do you guys with 'ordinary' automatics try to guess when it is about to
>change gear and back off till it has? Or just leave the foot where it
>is and let the gearbox get on with it? Isn't the MG O/D constructed to
>the same principle?
>
>PaulH.
>(Still trying to catch up)
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Hi. I had a car that had a definite clunk and surge when it shifted
automatically. I learned to anticipate it and it became a routine habit to
backoff slightly on the accelerator. So, the answer, in some cases, is:
yes, I do it when I feel it's required.
Craig Wiper
craigw@sonic.net
http://www.sonic.net/~craigw
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