Overdrive

[Azn_Stock_Camry]

Well me and my dad are having alittle disagreement about the overdrive, he says that if your driving normally you leave it on and it saves gas, but i disagress. i think if you leave it on its not for normal driving and uses more gas than if you didnt have overdrive on. Anyones opinions?

[Gary_602Z]

Dad is right!

Gary

[CCCP]

www.howstuffworks.com search for transmission and read how automatic transmission works. Always good to know what's hapening when your car is moving

[AyzhenInvasion]

many many times this has been up.

over drive on = allowing car to use 4th gear.
over drive off = allowing car to only use 1-3 gear

therefore. daddy is right. always listen to daddy huh ? lol

[ToyotaToday]

Originally Posted by Azn_Stock_Camry

Well me and my dad are having alittle disagreement about the overdrive, he says that if your driving normally you leave it on and it saves gas, but i disagress. i think if you leave it on its not for normal driving and uses more gas than if you didnt have overdrive on. Anyones opinions?

Of course, O/D off uses more gas. If O/D is off, you don't get to use your 4th gear, therefore you are going to be revving a higher at any given speed, which means more gas. Besides, read you manual. It's in the manual.

[Azn_Stock_Camry]

shoot thanks! wow i just got owned by my dad !

[touringcamry]

Also if O/D off, the torque converter doesn't lock up so you are losing power there and use more gas because of it. The torque converter only locks up in 4th gear.