At 07:36 PM 12/13/2009, BenT Syncro wrote: >a Vanagon. So there is this weird position on the shifter marked 'E' >after Neutral and Drive. Feels like a coasting position. If the E for economy maybe? A lot of cars around then had some sort of arrangement where you could change the shift points for better acceleration or better mileage. I read in Motor Trend or R&T some years ago about a Corvette where the only purpose of one of the shift positions was to squeak by some threshold in the mileage ratings -- gas guzzler or luxury tax or some such. Yrs, d |
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