journeyguy Posted July 29, 2011 Report Share Posted July 29, 2011 I've never driven a car with autostick before and I want to know if I can engage autostick mode when the car is moving at highway speeds or if I need to be parked to start in that mode. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powdered Toast Man Posted July 29, 2011 Report Share Posted July 29, 2011 The answer is, whenever you feel like it. If you're at a stop, it will be in 1st gear when you pop over to autostick. If you're say, driving at highway speed, it will be in 6th when you pop into autostick. There are safeguards in place to keep you from doing anything that would harm the engine - for example, it won't let you keep slapping it down to 1st gear at highway speed. I've found it useful on the highway when I want to pass. It's easier to manually kick the transmission down to 4th than standing on the gas pedal and waiting for the tranny to figure out what I'm trying to do. I also found it useful when climbing steeper hills. It's just like an older style automatic where you had "D, 3, 2, 1" - you could drop it down whenever you needed it. Autostick is just more fancy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armendegga Posted July 29, 2011 Report Share Posted July 29, 2011 One thing that I really like is when you shift from D into manual (and vise-versa), cruise stays engaged. Useful for hills. DJ11 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
journeyguy Posted July 29, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2011 The answer is, whenever you feel like it. If you're at a stop, it will be in 1st gear when you pop over to autostick. If you're say, driving at highway speed, it will be in 6th when you pop into autostick. There are safeguards in place to keep you from doing anything that would harm the engine - for example, it won't let you keep slapping it down to 1st gear at highway speed. I've found it useful on the highway when I want to pass. It's easier to manually kick the transmission down to 4th than standing on the gas pedal and waiting for the tranny to figure out what I'm trying to do. I also found it useful when climbing steeper hills. It's just like an older style automatic where you had "D, 3, 2, 1" - you could drop it down whenever you needed it. Autostick is just more fancy. Thank you very much. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turmel Posted July 29, 2011 Report Share Posted July 29, 2011 One thing that I really like is when you shift from D into manual (and vise-versa), cruise stays engaged. Useful for hills. Thanks for this I had no idea it would work this way!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ11 Posted August 6, 2011 Report Share Posted August 6, 2011 One thing that I really like is when you shift from D into manual (and vise-versa), cruise stays engaged. Useful for hills. Yes, this is very helpful on hills when you don't want your car to keep downshifting..I use mine quite a bit! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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