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This ones a 2011 bought used with 89K miles. The older one I had was a 2006 bought with 87K. The Prius models are all built in Japan. My other three vehicles are US built Mopars. Regarding the Transmission fluid, certain 60's era Mopars with the Power-flite transmissions used the engine oil as the transmission fluid. |
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Auto stop/start is big with Ford. I wouldnt have it. Always defaults on
unless you mod it or buy a kit. Ford says they have a better starter & battery so no extra wear. Begs the question why not put the better stuff in ALL the cars ? With manuals I almost always started in 2nd. Only time for 1st was when you were doing comparative driving or a smoke show. Another feature lost on automatics is the D2 that skips 1st. In snow both my Crown Vic & Roadmaster would just spin the tires in 1st the second you let off the brakes. Interesting thing on gearing. The Mt. Washington Auto Road uses GMC vans as limos. https://mtwashingtonautoroad.com/guided-tours They are geared so you have to accelerate to go DOWN hill. Let off the gas & you come to a stop. 73 Zeno LFOD ! |
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Kinda late here, But I have a 1990 Dodge w250 with an NP435 granny 4 (and likely 4:10 gears in the diffs) and I never take off out of first unless I'm ripping small trees out of the ground. 1st is like 6:1 or something ridiculous like that. It even says in the manual to take off out of second for normal driving.
I'm also not crazy about the old 4 speeds. my truck is at 3000rpm at 65mph in 4th. |
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There's a series of videos on YouTube of a school bus that was refitted with a 5-speed main and a 4-speed auxiliary. The two guys I saw drive it took off in second/low except for when demonstrating granny low and later on pulling out a badly stuck 4x4. A car we used to have had a really wide gap between third and fourth, the latter only being used at highway speeds. I suppose one's level of satisfaction with 4-speeds depends on whether or not fourth is an overdrive. Early on when I was practicing on a manual, that particular car was tricky to get into low so I accidentally ended up in third a couple of times. Once I actually succeeded in taking off in third which really bogged down the engine as I had pulled onto an incline. Once I realized what happened I made the mistake of downshifting all the way into low; the engine roared and when I shifted back in second the tires screeched a bit, prompting a chuckle from the guy who owned the car. Nevertheless, even then I was better at driving a manual than Captain Kirk. |
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It also has what they refer to as "Autostick". You can go through the gears like a manual. |
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I was told once they used to do brakes every 2 weeks about 675 miles ! The new vans never need brakes, you only have to use them twice per trip. Anyhows its abt 4000 feet up in 8 miles & really tests the cooling, brakes & tranny. You can actually smell a car coming ! 73 Zeno LFOD ! |
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I know! I actually had a 54 or 53 Chrysler New Yorker in the shop once. Was the first model year for Chrysler's first actual automatic transmission (not counting the manual with a torque converter [although ironically, this transmission WAS a manual with a torque converter, just automatically shifted by a coffee-can-sized solenoid]). The service manual was with the car and I read up on the transmission. You had to change the engine and transmission oil altogether, because they shared the oil. Must've been an expensive oil change.
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