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Manual buttom? What is that?
SVX FAQ: "The only thing the manual button seems to do is to stop the transmission from automatically downshifting from 2nd to 1st gear. "
Can someone explain that for me? And is that the only function? What's the different between on and off manual mode as in the hwy cruising 60+mph? |
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Re: Manual buttom? What is that?
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The usage of the button is to hold the shift point. For example, You are at the traffic light. You want to manually hold on the first gear till you reach 6000 RPM instead of 3000 that the car normally shifts at. To accomplish that, you press the manual button -- manual light comes on -- shift car into 1. Press gas till you hit 6000 on the RPM. Then shift up into 2 and so on and so fourth. You can also downshift manually into 3rd -- I don't know why anyone would do that since it will screw up the tranny bad and the SVX already comes with weak trannies. Hope it helps... anyone else? Randy, am i correct? Lwin
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Well, to paraphrase page 6-11 of the official '92 SVX Manual, "Manual" is not intended to turn the car into a stick shift, although some of you may have "creative" ways to do this. No, "Manual" is simply a way to lock the tranny into second & third gears, in order to deal with something called snow & ice. Nor does "Manual" have anything to do with the guy trimming your hedges. To those that HAVE found a way to make a "Huckmobile" out of the tranny, I believe "Manual" will apply to the labor required to scrape the eventual grenaded tranny-bits off the road.
Ron.
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I had a look at an SVX some time ago where the dealer (an imbecile by the way) talked arrant nonsense about the SVX and then on the test drive, proceeded to show me how it could be driven in manual form, "Like the Ferrari's mate".
As I got out of the car, I bade a quiet farewell to the transmission and wished the car luck in the future Jamsvx
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My policy is to avoid all use of Manual mode, except for the occasions mentioned. If you're starting from a dead stop on a very slick road, then use it. Otherwise, keep your fingers off the button.
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Randy Johnson 3rd Registered Member 02-21-2001 First Member to Reach 10,000 Posts First to arrive at the very first Reading Meet Subaru Ambassador 1992 SVX PPG Pace Car Replica 110+k 1993 White Impreza L 240+K miles 2001 Legacy Outback Limited Sedan 250+K miles 2013 Deep Indigo Pearl Legacy 3.6R 49+K miles "Reading is my favorite Holiday" Mike Davis -- at Reading VI |
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BTW, where did you get your cow catcher? I almost had a need for one last night.
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This is getting confusing. My understanding is this...
If the manual button is NOT pressed: Stick in 1: Car uses 1 only Stick in 2: Car uses 1 and 2 Stick in 3: Car uses 1, 2 and 3 Stick in D: Car uses 1, 2, 3 and D. However if the manual button IS pressed: Stick in 1: Car uses 1 only Stick in 2: Car uses 2 only Stick in 3: Car uses 2 and 3 Stick in D: Car uses 1, 2, 3 and D. Also, power mode does not come on when manual button is pressed. (If I have the power button pressed, the power light comes on. But then it goes out when I press the manual button and comes on again when I unpress it) Phil. Last edited by b3lha; 12-07-2001 at 06:25 PM. |
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(Glad to hear you didn't ACTUALLY need it, and you're safe. Those cows are hell on sheet metal -- I know -- I totalled my 72 Gran Torino Sport after straightening out a curve on a rain-slick road and taking out two calves and momma while they were having dinner.)
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b3lha,
You have the power mode button?? How come? Is it because you have a UK SVX? |
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b3lha, how many units of SVX sold in UK? do you guys there have any like tranny probs & etc that we have?
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say, if the 'button' is really faulty, how to track the problem & fix? PS:where're your scissors at?
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As far as I know, all Alcyone's have a power mode button. UK SVX's on the other hand are the opposite. They are permanently in power mode unless you press the "economy mode" button. I don't think 249SVX's manual button is broken. He says: Quote:
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Phil. Last edited by b3lha; 12-08-2001 at 08:44 AM. |
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