andyjenkins
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- Joined
- Oct 13, 2009
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- Car
- S204 C250 Sport
I have a 59 plate C250 (pre-facelift), and was under the impression that I have 5 manual gears and 6 auto gears. If this is correct, how come the following happens?
If I put the car in manual mode, I can manually select 1 thru 5 sequentially. I'm good with this. If I put the car in auto mode, the change is automatically decided. I'm good with this too. This is basic stuff ;:bannana:
If I change from Auto to manual, if that change results in a downshift (ie, say from 5th to 4th), the revs rise. Same speed, at lower gear to previous = high revs.
So how come I've never seen the revs rise from auto, to manual 5th? I'm assuming I'm not driving such that the car has determined that 6th is needed. Is the 6th gear something "special" and it doesnt work like how a layman understands a "gear" ?
If I put the car in manual mode, I can manually select 1 thru 5 sequentially. I'm good with this. If I put the car in auto mode, the change is automatically decided. I'm good with this too. This is basic stuff ;:bannana:
If I change from Auto to manual, if that change results in a downshift (ie, say from 5th to 4th), the revs rise. Same speed, at lower gear to previous = high revs.
So how come I've never seen the revs rise from auto, to manual 5th? I'm assuming I'm not driving such that the car has determined that 6th is needed. Is the 6th gear something "special" and it doesnt work like how a layman understands a "gear" ?