Thread: D or 3 ?
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Old 03-19-2007, 12:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Trevor
I have always driven in direct drive 3 around town and on winding roads, for obvious reasons. It is my opinion that if the selector had been labeled, 1, 2, 3 and O/D, Subaru would have saved a lot of the transmission problems.

My thought exactly....especially in the SVX with the high gearing, anything below 50 mph is better off in "3"
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