OVERDRIVE Poll........... - Toyota Nation Forum : Toyota Car and Truck Forums

thisdj78 · 02-09-2004, 01:41 AM

How often do you drive with the overdrive off?

a94autoCamry · 02-09-2004, 01:49 AM

i always drive it ON
but sorry i'm a noob so ill ask...what does the OVERDRIVE button do ? sorry ... lol i'm such a retard... hmm maybe ill do a search... yippe
time to crank up this POS modem

Rapeacivic · 02-09-2004, 02:02 AM

I always have it on. Without it acceleration is slow as hell.

Rapeacivic · 02-09-2004, 02:03 AM

What the overdrive button does from my understanding is when your accelerating it makes your car shift gears at higher rpms.

a94autoCamry · 02-09-2004, 02:06 AM

thx rapeacivic...oh yea i got another question
if i were to drag race ( i know i know i would lose!) , its best to put the car into L-GEAR right? then before it gets to redline, shift to 2nd gear?
then shift to Drive Gear when done racing?

Nick · 02-09-2004, 02:07 AM

no it dosen't... overdrive simply allows you to shift into 4th gear

only drive with it off when towing, and i leave it off when driving really twisty roads, keeps me in the power band for those speeds

Rapeacivic · 02-09-2004, 02:12 AM

Sorry but that's what I was told. But when I have it on it seems to shift at higher rpms when flooring it

I also have my ECT button on too.

Nick · 02-09-2004, 02:16 AM

i'm gonna close this thread, this discussion about O/D and ECT has happened at least a dozen times, please use the search button and if you really care, revive one of the dead threads