Date:         Wed, 13 May 1998 17:01:06 -0700
Reply-To:     "Steven X. Schwenk" <sxs@SCHWENK-LAW.COM>
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From:         "Steven X. Schwenk" <sxs@SCHWENK-LAW.COM>
Subject:      Re: Granny Gear
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> At 06:42 PM 5/13/98 -0400, Tyrone & Marilyn Greene wrote:
> >susan hafler wrote:
> >>
> >> hello, all,
> >> ...would someone tell
> >> me under what conditions i should use the L (low) gear?
> >>

The low gear is also great in stop-n-go traffic jams the kind that
streach on for miles.  You can put it in granny gear and it will creep
along at idle (up small hills, even) at such a slow speed that by the
time your catch up to the car in front of you, they're beginning to
move...and thus you just creep along at idle while everyone else
stops...goes....stops....goes....saves a little on the clutch and
frustration...heck, I even went to the back of the bus to get something
once while it continued to creep along at idle (did this on I-80 in
nevada at 65 mph...on cruise control...no cars in sight of me...flat,
straight road as far as the eye can see...always wanted to try
it...before I did it I drove with no hands for 3 miles while sitting in
the driver's seat....car steered itself).