humbled on the hill
On the weekend I was heading up a nice little hill, in the fast lane, just minding my own business when I noticed this little F150 pulling a Kustom Koach in my sideview mirror. "He looks like he's got...
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stsmark wrote:
4x4 during your pull if you wanted 3rd all you had to do is tap - and it would downshift even in Drive. You will have to push + 3 times to get 4-6 back. It's in the manual. I use it all the time towing if I don't agree with the computer.
I bet the 150 was not towing twice the trucks EW when he went by.
That is a handy feature on these Fords. I sometimes use it when descending long steep grades to get the truck to downshift into 2nd. (I still need to slow to 45 mph before it will take 2nd) When climbing I am usually not too concerned about getting up the hill as fast as I can so I tend to just let the computer do its thing. In this particular case I could have done like you say: tapped the - (minus) three times to get 3rd or pulled the gearshift selector down one click to get manual 4th and then tapped the - once to get 3rd; then just shifted back to drive when I was done playing. Had I shifted down I might have missed out on the opportunity to make mark5w's day.:)
