. it also allows to drive it like a manual...L first gear( if you wish can go to 6000rpm it want change, dont recomend that though), s is second, d is third and then you swithch it off while in d an tranny swithches to forth. sweet but i agree with smachan it cant be good for the trany.........then again whay would they put it there in the first place? heh heh heh - well i used to use it alot when I drove my moms car (before I had mine) and I would alternate between hold and auto modes... depending on traffic situations. I almost always used hold on my way home from work on a certain part of the highway when traffic slowed to a crawl... I'd either keep it in first for moving up a few feet every now & then or second for rolling along... it kept the RPMs up and the juices flowing.... so to speak and it help when braking after the whole line of traffic moves and stops. It doesnt do any damage to the ATX, I think it even saves it from wear (keeping it in one gear for everchanging traffic conditions).. it still shifts just ok, regardless of my moms stop & go driving and standing in gear for upwards of 45minutes!! (damn thing musta gotten pretty hot a few times!!!!!) I think one internal seal in it was damaged in the summer a couple years ago (it was standing in gear on a hot day for about 1.5-2hrs) and that causes a delay from the shift from 1 to 2 and now; also when it tries to downshift from 3rd to 2nd under light acceeration, it hits first and the RPMs shoot up then it slams right back into 3rd, only to repeat that process... like its bucking... it'll stop only if you a) floor it or b) let go of the gas completely...the thing is suicidal!!Blind Freddie said:
