Is it generally a good idea to disengage the overdrive (which is on by default) in my 2004 Focus when doing city driving (lots of stopping/ starting, hills, etc.). It seems to make sense but then I wonder whether it is good for the transmission to be regularly disengaging the overdrive like that. Or is the preferred practice to simply leave it in overdrive with the rare exception of climbing/descending major hills and the like.
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16 years ago