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msterspy
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Thu Feb 17, 2005 10:52 pm Post subject:
Question about "Drive 2" on Ford Transmissons |
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I have a 98 Grand Marquis. I noticed that when you use "drive 2" on
the gear shit selector, the car starts out in second gear, and there
is less torque to the rear wheels. This seems to work good for me when
there are icy roads.
I had a 1965 Ford Galaxy that had the same type of arrangement with
the transmission. Is this a patented thing with Ford? I have had GM
cars and Chrysler and those cars had different speeds in the lower
gears.
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lugnut
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Thu Feb 17, 2005 11:42 pm Post subject:
Re: Question about "Drive 2" on Ford Transmissons |
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On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 17:52:44 GMT, msterspy
<msterspy@netscape.net> wrote:
| Quote: | I have a 98 Grand Marquis. I noticed that when you use "drive 2" on
the gear shit selector, the car starts out in second gear, and there
is less torque to the rear wheels. This seems to work good for me when
there are icy roads.
I had a 1965 Ford Galaxy that had the same type of arrangement with
the transmission. Is this a patented thing with Ford? I have had GM
cars and Chrysler and those cars had different speeds in the lower
gears.
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It is the way Ford designs them for the exact situation you
decsribe - to reduce breakaway torque. Should you want more
breakaway torque, you can manually select "1" and then shift
to "2" or "D2" whichever yours has. |
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Paul of Dayton
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Fri Feb 18, 2005 6:45 am Post subject:
Re: Question about "Drive 2" on Ford Transmissons |
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It is one of my favorite things on Fords. They quit it for a while, my '84
'Bird and the '93 Cougar (both AOD) don't have it. I wouldn't have gotten
out of my drive without it on my '95 Crown Vic this winter, tho. I guess
the other guys don't think it is worth it (and it might not be on a FWD
car). Since Ford never stopped making RWD, maybe this is part of why.
Paul
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msterspy
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Fri Feb 18, 2005 8:07 pm Post subject:
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Actually, I feel that this feature helped me get up my hill during
recent ice storms. I didn't realize that they did away with it.
I haven't owned a ford since my 65 Galaxy. It's good that they brougt
it back because the Grand Marquis/Crown Vic tend to loose traction in
icy/snowy conditions.
On Fri, 18 Feb 2005 01:45:03 GMT, "Paul of Dayton"
<F_and_P@NOSPAMameritech.net> wrote:
| Quote: | It is one of my favorite things on Fords. They quit it for a while, my '84
'Bird and the '93 Cougar (both AOD) don't have it. I wouldn't have gotten
out of my drive without it on my '95 Crown Vic this winter, tho. I guess
the other guys don't think it is worth it (and it might not be on a FWD
car). Since Ford never stopped making RWD, maybe this is part of why.
Paul
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