Originally posted by: HumblePie
Originally posted by: DaWhim
Originally posted by: Eli
Originally posted by: gotsmack
The overdrive button in the car turns OFF the overdrive. I always thought it turned it on until yesterday.
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It depends on the car, I guess.
Depressing the button in my Dad's Camry turns it on.
yea. no overdrive in my subie. my gear goes like this R > N > D > 3> 2 > 1
UHHH.. You guys know what overdrive is right? It's anything PAST 3rd gear.... Anything past 3rd gear is past the reduction or 1:1 engine to gearing ratio. The overdrive button only applies to older automatics without a good double planetary gearset and slip cluthes that allow you to go to 4th or 5th gear automatically.
For awhile AFTER they added 4th and 5th gears for autos, they still had that stupid button to disable them. Why? Because usually on those cars, you had Park, Neutral, and Drive. No selection for 1, 2, or 3 to do engine breaking.