I'll second that!!!
Joe
Susan Hensley wrote:
>
> Hi all!
>
> I saw a bit of the thread the other day about using/not using overdrives
> -- I would still be on the road home from Breckenridge if Brad's Spit
> didn't have OD! It was the biggest help on the highway (next to the
> cruise control), plus I used third OD a lot going up a lot of the
> mountains.
>
> On the way home (from mountainous country to flat) we were averaging 65
> mph (Brad towing the Amphi and me following in the Spit).
> Without OD: 3500-3600 rpms, higher engine note, more strain on engine.
> With OD: 3000 rpms, lower engine note, car seemed to run better.
> I would not have been comfortable or happy driving from Breckenridge to
> Dallas if the car did not have OD. I understand there are some
> situations where overdrive would be better not being used (stop and
> start local driving, for one), but for the 900+ miles I drove the car
> with the OD on the highway, it was a BLESSING and surely saved the car a
> lot of wear. I have never driven a Spit with OD before, and I am 100%
> totally and completely SOLD on it!!! (I have driven Spits without OD's
> for many years, so I do know what I am talking about.)
>
> Brad, your car rocks!!
>
> Keep Triumphing,
> Susan :)
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