how and when should i use my overdrive to get
the most out of my maxima?

 

Take it off in city traffic, leave it on for most everything else .........

 

what do you mean by on and off
ON= The orange ligth on
OFF= The orannge ligth off
Rigth or wrong?

 

Overdrive OFF = orange light
Overdrive ON = no light

 

which would be the reason that the little orange light says "OD OFF"

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by catman316

what do you mean by on and off
ON= The orange ligth on
OFF= The orannge ligth off
Rigth or wrong? [QUOTE]

Overdrive ON = Overdrive OFF
Overdrive OFF = Overdrive ON
orange light = no light
no light = orange light
left = right
right = left
me = tired and confused
tired and confused = me
goodnight = goodnight

 

lol...
a=0
b=1
ab=a^2
(ab)/a=(a^2)/a
b=a
1=0

 

i need a calculator...

 

how can you raise a to the second power when b only equals 1? and yes im ab a math nerd when i grow up...good job

 

Value of b means nothing... Because 0*1 = 0... 0^2 = 0

 

thank you...and the reason this really doesn't work (since 1 obviously doesn't = 0) is because when you divided each side by a you were dividing each side by 0 which can't be done...yeah...sorry...lock anyone?

 

whoa, I think you all are getting way ahead here...

Overdrive OFF = you are basically taking off your top gear...
I do this when I drive in the city and i KNOW i wont go over
45-50 MPH. This will help your transmission since it will
shift up/down a lot less.

When you take the OD off...there will
be a orange light on the dash.... letting you know that you have
decreased your gear ratio.


Overdrive ON = you want this on if you plan on going over 50 MPH
for extended periods of time, such as highway driving or even if
you drive 60 in a 45 constantly

After having to rebuild my tranny 4 mos. ago...I try to avoid strain
on the tranny by turning the OD off on short trips under 45 MPH.

hope that helps better than those math equations

 

Another thing I had heard about Nissans, I'm not sure if they do (I know Chevy does, I had a heated discussion with a dealer about it) is that when the car is stopped and in OD, when you give it gas, it first goes to the OD gear, THEN 1st gear.
I believe Chevy's also shift through (Not to, through) OD before reaching any other gear... Which causes more wear and tear.
I doubt Nissan goes thru OD to shift, and I dunno the technicalities behind shifting, but I DO know, that from a dead stop with OD off, it shifts to first gear a little faster, and has a little more power off the line, and when OD is on, sometimes it shifts a little hard into 1st when you punch it...
Just my observations tho