How much abuse can the Yaris take?

[Marfulion]

Originally Posted by jambo101

It might be my family or yours that this guy crashes into when his reckless driving reaps its reward.

Dude you got it wrong, its not like iam driving like a maniac through traffic, you can have the yaris floor from a stop light for awhile and still be within the speedlimit. Where I live I have go back and forth running errands and things and many of the roads I take have little or no traffic and I never drive crazy through them, just cruisingly fast to leave plenty of room for something unexpected.

[supmet]

Originally Posted by Altitude

A more accurate statement would be that you *can* shift an automatic to address certain driving conditions (heavy loads, poor road conditions),

You guys understand that in D(drive) the car still shifts, correct?? Whether "I" do it, or "the car" automatically does it, the car shifts.

Originally Posted by Altitude

but if you make it a routine and drive it like a manual, then why bother with an auto at all?

So I can talk on my phone and eat a cheeseburger at the same time in rush hour traffic.

Originally Posted by Altitude

They were designed and meant to be put in drive and go hence the term "automatic"..

I can promise you are wrong on this one. My shifter clearly has 3, 2, and L DESIGNED into it. If it was only meant to be put in drive, why would they put those on? The truth is, gear limiting properly extends the life of your transmission, brakes, and engine, and can also save gas with DFCO

Originally Posted by Altitude

To the OP - regardless of whether or not the car can take the abuse, unless you own it and pay for it you shouldn't be doing that.

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[Altitude]

Originally Posted by supmet

You guys understand that in D(drive) the car still shifts, correct?? Whether "I" do it, or "the car" automatically does it, the car shifts.



So I can talk on my phone and eat a cheeseburger at the same time in rush hour traffic.



I can promise you are wrong on this one. My shifter clearly has 3, 2, and L DESIGNED into it. If it was only meant to be put in drive, why would they put those on? The truth is, gear limiting properly extends the life of your transmission, brakes, and engine, and can also save gas with DFCO



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Of course an automatic still shifts while in Drive. You're supposed to put it there 90% of the time and leave it. Not start out in low, shift to 2 then 3 then D... I already explained why there are other gears on the auto - they are meant to be used in specific situations where a lower gearing is needed.

If your original comment was facetious (and it apparently was) you should have stated that.

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[supmet]

Originally Posted by PK198105

i sincerly hope you are being sarcastic

Of course I was. I only eat and talk on the same phone at the same time if I have a passenger to hold the wheel and shift for me.

Originally Posted by Altitude

Of course an automatic still shifts while in Drive. You're supposed to put it there 90% of the time and leave it. Not start out in low, shift to 2 then 3 then D... I already explained why there are other gears on the auto - they are meant to be used in specific situations where a lower gearing is needed.

You can start in low, shift to 2 then 3 then D, and as long as you aren't revving too high, you aren't doing any damage to anything in the car. You have better control on hills, and coming out of turns, resulting in the transmission jumping up and down unnecessarily - meaning less wear on the transmission. Gear limiting is not bad, and should be used, that's why its there. Bad driving habits are bad.

[ern-diz]

Originally Posted by supmet

Of course I was. I only eat and talk on the same phone at the same time if I have a passenger to hold the wheel and shift for me.

you don't need anyone else to hold the wheel unless you have something against the knee tactic lol...

[Marfulion]

Originally Posted by Altitude

...Not start out in low, shift to 2 then 3 then D...
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That is exactly what i do, lol.

[jambo101]

Originally Posted by Marfulion

Dude you got it wrong, its not like iam driving like a maniac through traffic, you can have the yaris floor from a stop light for awhile and still be within the speedlimit. Where I live I have go back and forth running errands and things and many of the roads I take have little or no traffic and I never drive crazy through them, just cruisingly fast to leave plenty of room for something unexpected.

Originally Posted by Marfulion

I have this car at full throttle almost all the time and I force the downshifts on the auto trans like before every corner. Also every now and then I launch while the auto stick is in "L" and push it up to 2nd right before it hits revlimit, cus normaly it shifts like 250rpms before the redline on "D" and i do same from 2nd to 3rd.

Excuse me for being skeptical