when do you use o/d button

[Guest]

got to agree with tim on this one as to hold the gears in an auto you use the pwr/ hold  switch  O0

I know im bumping an old topic but i have a PWR / HOLD switch and overdrive switch on the auto selector. As you mentioned it there what is the difference between them, are they used together etc?


Cheers Kris

[Mark]

OD will stop it going into top gear, ie best used around town.

PWR/HOLD button holds the gears through the revs a little longer, similar to a 'Sports' mode on most common cars. But beware, the will also effect your fuel guage readings, ie EMPTY comes up very quickly indeed!  ;D

[vibe666]

i actually tend not to use the O/D button for anything as there's plenty of power all the time no matter what gear the auto box puts her in.

95% of the time i drive with the HOLD button selected unless i'm overtaking someone.

i've thought about knocking off the O/D to overtake, but not sure if that's the best thing to do or just to boot it in POWER mode instead like i have been doing.

it's probably more intuitive to knock off O/D if your hand is in the region of the gear stick anyway, but i find my hand falls down naturally to the POWER/HOLD switch anyway, so it's never really been a problem.

[hotrodguy]

my o/d stays on all the time as i get better milage with it on as it is an over drive button which is basicly an extra gear ( it changes gear 4 times with od on & 3 times with it off )only use hold in snow use pwr when over taking rest of the time it stays on eco ....Guy

[paji-shieldy]

from my exp with O/D when im cruising at 70 the revs sit at 2.5k rpm, without O/D engaged its 4k rpm

so i assume its like a 5th/6th gear

[dragon]

i tend to use my od as follows
when driving normal i have no od off displaying on my dash so therefor od is on ...
when faced with a motorway hill and od is turned off it gives a boost of power to get me up the steeper hills if i have a heavy load or im towing and need to maintain speed.

if im offroading i have the od turned off (usualy when in lowbox) this allows engine braking on decents etc and more control over power distribution and just the right amount of torque.


the pwr hold off switch is wot i call the idiot switch.

when in power mode it makes the gears ride a little longer in each gear rather like sports mode so you will notice the little nova or chavvy boy racer dissapear in your rear view mirror
while the hold button holds the gear that you were in at the time you engaged it