With the cost of fuel going up many of us are concerned about spending too much money by buying Premium gas. But we know that our cars require it. I came across an article in the paper about Nine ways to conserve gas and the statment below was one of the nine steps. Can we drive our cars with the Overdrive turned on?



"Go for cruise control. "Plan a route that lets you travel at constant speed and bypass congested areas," AAA spokesman Mantill Williams said. That means avoiding those two-lane roads rife with stoplights. If you have an automatic transmission, use an overdrive gear at cruising speeds, said Jim Kliesch, a research associate at the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy."

 

my overdrive is hardly EVER turned off...

the only time i turn off my overdrive is when i am in stop and go traffic or i am stuck in traffic..

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by maxnewbie
[B]With the cost of fuel going up many of us are concerned about spending too much money by buying Premium gas. But we know that our cars require it. I came across an article in the paper about Nine ways to conserve gas and the statment below was one of the nine steps. Can we drive our cars with the Overdrive turned on?


You don't drive your car with the overdrive on? Assuming you have an automatic, that is.

 

When the Overdrive light is on, does this mean this mean you are running your car in Overdrive mode?

 

5th gear is overdrive for manuals. 4th gear is overdrive for Autos. No need to mess with it.

 

Look closely at the light the next time you're in your car. When it is lit up it says "O/D off", meaning that the transmission is allowed to shift into overdrive when the light is out, and it inhibits shifting into overdrive when the light is on.

 

when the light is on.. you have overdrive off

 

That Jeff's a smart dude

 

Yes.......drive with overdrive on.....turns WAY less RPMS and that is what = better gas mileage, because it is a taller gear.

 

Your sig pic disturbs me. I'm not sure if it's the coffee cup or the clunky looking glasses that bother me. Maybe it's both.

 

LOL, you do know who that is right.....

 

No, it's the exact opposite of what you stated. I just came back from going outside..Brrrrr...cold! When your light is on, the overdrive is off. I suggest you keep the overdrive on to conserve on gas unless your going up hill. Hope this helps! ~Frank

 

Who is that guy??? I remeber his face but just can't seem to match the movie that he is in. Please reply!!!CAN'T GET THAT PICTURE OUT OF MY MIND! lol

 

Bill Lumberg from Office Space

 

THAT'S IT!!!THANKS!!!!!!!!LOL

 

You mean he's the Master of the Obvious.

 

You mean he's the Master of the Obvious.

 

i'm gonna have to go ahead and ask you to come in on sunday.....mmmmmkhhhayyyyy

 

I would turn off O/D on-ramp and/or doing below 45 miles per. Otherwise, it should always be ON. My $0.02

 

I had thought that over drive 'off' just disengaged 4th gear, and kept you up to 3rd.

However, when I'm on the highway going 65 or over, I can turn over drive off (it will shift to third) give it some gas (enough so that if overdrive was on it would shift into third) then press the button back in so that overdrive is back on, it will stay in third, but the RPM's will jump up about 400 making the car pull much harder than it did with overdrive off.

So why is there a difference between 3rd gear over drive off (going 65 sitting at about 3400rpm's), then engaging overdrive back on, third gear (going 65 sitting at 3800rpm's?)