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Subject: Re: British Drivers - any advice Posted on: Sun, 06 Mar 2005 01:09:24 -0900

On Sat, 05 Mar 2005 16:07:02 -0600 in rec.travel.usa-canada,
jcoulter <225stellarDROPTHIS@comcast.net> wrote:

> In mountainous areas I would not want to be left with an automatic, of
> course the last time I was in the mountains with an automatic the idiot
> drive (not me I was the one in the front seat pax side muttering down
> shift down shift) just about killed us by riding the brakes to the point
> where they wouldn't work any longer.
>
downshifting when going down hills can blow up an automatic.
it's not recommended for most of them. and it's not good for
manual xmissions either.