To Cruise or Not To Cruise
For all you Durmax guys out there..... 1) Do use use the cruise control when towing? 2) When you tow do you put the tranny in manual shift mode and keep it out of over drive or leave it in drive...
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Depends on the terrain. If on a relatively flat interstate or fast state road, get it up to a cruising speed in top gear & leave it on cruise control. If on a road with varying elevation where it tends to downshift on the upslope, do not use cruise control & speed up a bit in advance to get the momentum to go over the upgrade in top gear. Downhill mountain driving or faced with a long downslope anywhere, use the manual mode for braking.
Even in auto the truck can be driven as if it were a manual shift by giving it a bit of a jab on upgrades to force it to downshift before the rpm drops far enough for the computer to do it for you.
Cruise control & all that stuff is nice but it cannot see what you are coming up on & think in advance. It can only react to what is now.
Even in auto the truck can be driven as if it were a manual shift by giving it a bit of a jab on upgrades to force it to downshift before the rpm drops far enough for the computer to do it for you.
Cruise control & all that stuff is nice but it cannot see what you are coming up on & think in advance. It can only react to what is now.
