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Old 12-17-2013, 05:57 PM
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Just curious to know, when is it safe to downshift to 1st gear while rolling to a stop?
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Just curious to know, when is it safe to downshift to 1st gear while rolling to a stop?
Whenever you want - Mercedes engineers would not allow it to downshift if doing so would over-rev the engine.
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I'm more worried about the gearbox. I usually downshift to 1st gear at about 40km/h as I'm slowing down for the lights.
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it will be fine

Its all computerized
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it wont go in if it would hurt anything. you can just hold down the shifter to the left and it'll drop to the lowest safe gear. I downshift all the time to stop at lights, brakes are going to last forever.
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Some people think I'm crazy downshifting to first at 40km/h. They say "you wouldn't put a manual in 1st gear when your downshifting so why would I do it to an auto"
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