Wha??? I almost never come to a complete stop before shifting from R to D... My Dodge Dakota (AT) has almost 200,000 miles on it and the trans still pulls strong and shifts good. The guys a the quickielube place say it shifts hard but I honestly don't notice or care. My wife has a nasty habit of shifting into R before ending forward movement which drives me up the wall. She doesn't even know she's doing it, I cry out in anguish when she does it and I get the blank stare "what?"
Come to think of it my dad does the same shifting thing that I do, neither of us have had any trans trouble on any car with 2 exceptions. #A When the 1st gear synchro went out of my '88 GMC Jimmy (manual trans, 5spd) but it'd always popped out of gear occasionally. I think it had a bad synchro from the factory which we should have reported. #2 When I had the trans replaced on my 240D (manual trans) for what I'm now convinced was a squealing center bearing. Other than that and regular maintenance I can't think of any trans trouble in any of our family vehicles ever... You know who tend to be hard on transmissions I bet? Bulldozer drivers. Bulldozer transmissions of today are amazing things, throw it into forward up to full speed, whack it into reverse full speed, back to forward. All so hard you can hurt your neck and it'll work like that for years and years... Pretty near magic if you ask me. -Curt Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2007 07:10:26 -0400 From: "LarryT" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Drivable on Modern Roads, was 240D To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original You are correct in your assumption that shifting into D before coming to a complete stop in R is a bad thing. It's been one of the more emphazised warnings in all Owners Manuals. Not only are the univ joints stressed in the worst possible way, the AT is not designed for that kind of abuse. At the least it can slip/burn clutches, at worst it can break something. Your observation about people's personal opinion of their driving abilty is sadly true also. Passing a 20 question drivers license quiz and being able to parallel park is not enough. I wish each state would require at a minimum a Defensive Driving Course such as offered by Bob Bondurant and others. I'd also like the test to require a better knowledge of driving laws - at the top of my list would be, the left laneis for *Passing* not cruising. Just as important, when merging the driver *must* keep moving as fast as possible - with the applicant being told how much easier it is to merge into 55mph traffic while going 50mph than from a standing start. Re-testing every 5 years would emphasize the need to stay aware of new laws and to keep skills up. By new laws I mean: in Va they passed a law stating "if conditions require windshield wipers, the headlights shall also be turned on." OK - rant off. Larry T (67 MGB, 74 911, 78 240D, 91 300D) www.youroil.net for Oil Analysis and Weber Parts Test Results http://members.rennlist.com/oil PORSCHE POSTERS! youroil.net Weber Carb Info http://members.rennlist.com/webercarbs Porsche Road Test http://members.rennlist.com/roadtest/ . --------------------------------- Get your own web address. Have a HUGE year through Yahoo! Small Business. From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Mar 26 13:47:14 2007 Received: from host337.ipowerweb.com ([72.22.69.22]) by server8.arterytc8.net with smtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) id 1HVpXW-0003Js-Mh for mercedes@okiebenz.com; Mon, 26 Mar 2007 13:47:14 +0000 Received: (qmail 22301 invoked from network); 26 Mar 2007 13:46:12 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?127.0.0.1?) (206.109.43.202) by host337.ipowerweb.com with SMTP; 26 Mar 2007 13:46:12 -0000 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2007 08:47:15 -0600 From: Rich Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 (Windows/20070221) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Antivirus-Scanner: Clean mail though you should still use an Antivirus Subject: Re: [MBZ] Leaky IP X-BeenThere: mercedes@okiebenz.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9.cp2 Precedence: list Reply-To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> List-Id: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes_okiebenz.com.okiebenz.com> List-Unsubscribe: <http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com>, <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Archive: <http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com> List-Post: <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com> List-Help: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Subscribe: <http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com>, <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2007 13:47:14 -0000 I thought this thread was about Windows or Macs or Linux figuring out how to talk through the internet tubes. --R >
