- 1. RE: [oletrucks]One caveat about Downshifting (score: 1)
- Author: "Schorn, Tim" <SchornT@ci.fort-worth.tx.us>
- Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2000 08:23:56 -0500
- I've always downshifted to slow down ever since I started driving, and have always owned stick-shift cars and trucks. Four weeks ago I was rear-ended while...you guessed it!! downshifting for a truck
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- 2. Re: [oletrucks]One caveat about Downshifting (score: 1)
- Author: "Michael Lubitz" <mlrba@texas.net>
- Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2000 10:15:31 -0500
- Never happened to me. Hopefully it won't. But the image of a "Chevy sandwich" is clear. Michael Lubitz 1946 Chevy 3/4 ton stock 1948 Chevrolet 3100, soon to be deluxe Austin, Texas have in slow not t
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- 3. Re: [oletrucks]One caveat about Downshifting (score: 1)
- Author: Wallace R Teto <katana2k@juno.com>
- Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2000 14:15:48 -0400
- Not to me Tim, but it is a good warning however. I also ride a motorcycle and it is a technique amongst us bike riders that since we also downshift a lot for braking (especially with 6-speed transmis
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- 4. Re: [oletrucks]One caveat about Downshifting (score: 1)
- Author: miq@teleport.com
- Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2000 22:46:55 -0700 (PDT)
- Re: Downshifting vs Braking..... The only time you should be downshifting to reduce speed is when entering a turn where you are going to be accelerating immediately. A technique usually used in sport
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