Thread: Overdrive

Originally Posted by Raptor05121

"If" being the key word here. 90% of the time its not going to happen in the city. What you are feeling is the converter locking and unlocking which you are correct is not good for it but thats just a sign you need to regear it.

Ok.... You, as well, are correct. But I think you may have taken my words too literally. By saying "while driving around town" I was actually referring to any driving other than highway driving. The roads I drive to work and back everyday have speed limits of 40-45mph and several inclines, declines, and curves. My current truck especially, but also the several others I've owned will shift in and out of overdrive many times in certain areas of these roads. Im not being fooled by the torque conv., it's shifting. To overcome this, I will typically turn the overdrive off. I realize that doing this while literally driving in a city is pointless. Anyone who doesn't shouldn't be pushing any buttons in a truck at all.

I was originally hoping to shed some additional light on the original question that was posted, but have now found myself in a pointless tennis match debate. So please stop attempting to discredit other users' posts that you may misinterpret.... especially mine because I got all god damn day.