Learned something new today....
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Learned something new today....
I was on my way shopping driving in Sport mode using the paddles and I was doing about 50 in 7th gear and I wanted to see how low the RPMs would drop if I put it into 8th gear (Usually I drive locally in 4th or 5th).
To my surprise the message on the dash said "Shift denied" or something to that effect. So I guess you can't go into 8th gear below 50 MPH or so.....interesting. I guess it would labor too much. Never had that problem on my 6 speed C7.
To my surprise the message on the dash said "Shift denied" or something to that effect. So I guess you can't go into 8th gear below 50 MPH or so.....interesting. I guess it would labor too much. Never had that problem on my 6 speed C7.
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I was on my way shopping driving in Sport mode using the paddles and I was doing about 50 in 7th gear and I wanted to see how low the RPMs would drop if I put it into 8th gear (Usually I drive locally in 4th or 5th).
To my surprise the message on the dash said "Shift denied" or something to that effect. So I guess you can't go into 8th gear below 50 MPH or so.....interesting. I guess it would labor too much. Never had that problem on my 6 speed C7.
To my surprise the message on the dash said "Shift denied" or something to that effect. So I guess you can't go into 8th gear below 50 MPH or so.....interesting. I guess it would labor too much. Never had that problem on my 6 speed C7.
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I was on my way shopping driving in Sport mode using the paddles and I was doing about 50 in 7th gear and I wanted to see how low the RPMs would drop if I put it into 8th gear (Usually I drive locally in 4th or 5th).
To my surprise the message on the dash said "Shift denied" or something to that effect. So I guess you can't go into 8th gear below 50 MPH or so.....interesting. I guess it would labor too much. Never had that problem on my 6 speed C7.
To my surprise the message on the dash said "Shift denied" or something to that effect. So I guess you can't go into 8th gear below 50 MPH or so.....interesting. I guess it would labor too much. Never had that problem on my 6 speed C7.
I consider this anti-lugging protection . . .
I see this off and on when I am not thinking about my shifts and try to upshift at too low of RPM. I have never had a downshift denied. (FYI, if you haven't noticed yet, if you hold down the downshift lever it drops as many gears as is safe. Fun for passing!)