Best gear to drive viva elite

[Milinda perera]

What is the best gear while driving viva elite automatic car?

[Twin Turbo]

D  with the O/D on.

The owner's hand book will give you more details.

Edited July 15, 2018 by Twin Turbo

[gNaveendra]

On 6/30/2018 at 11:56 AM, Milinda perera said:

What is the best gear while driving viva elite automatic car?

Neutral!

So no wear to the Gearbox. ??

[tiv]

Gosh

[Jason_Bourne]

lol

[JMahesh]

P . No wear gear box. zero emission.zero fuel consumption.very economical

[dhanuFB15]

u dont need to worry gear box will select for you...

[kmeeg]

On 6/30/2018 at 12:26 AM, Milinda perera said:

What is the best gear while driving viva elite automatic car?

It’s quite surprising for someone to ask a question like that. Any reason you asked that question?

In case you are new to driving just leave in “D” when you are driving forward. If you are new to driving also have a friend who is experienced in driving to give some advice do’s and don’t’s. If you try to ask very basic questions on this forum ppl might think you are joking and they would also give funny replies..??

BTW, hope you like your Elite, I too had one (a manual one) and really loved it. 

[VVTi]

Ahhhh AL. Don't ever change...

[iRage]

7 hours ago, VVTi said:

Ahhhh AL. Don't ever change...

 We are still waiting to hear about the automatic car that got new clutch and pressure plates and still don't shift out of 1st gear

[aamarakoon]

Actually I have met few people who has no idea about A/T. Some think that 1 & 2 are for city driving !

[kmeeg]

5 hours ago, aamarakoon said:

Actually I have met few people who has no idea about A/T. Some think that 1 & 2 are for city driving !

That is definitely a no no for city driving..!! Just leave it on 'D'.

As far as I can imagine that is to be used on really aggressive down hill to get some help from engine breaking. I've seen warning boards in some countries to use lower gear. For sure it apply for trucks with heavy loads but not sure it makes lot of difference for cars. But I haven't used that on an automatic gear vehicle. Driving a manual gear down hill definitely no one use a high gear. Below are some examples i've seen;

 

[kmeeg]

I've also heard that its good to shift to 'N' when you are in stand still in traffic for some time to reduce the pressure on torque converter.  I've tried shifting to 'N' few times and ended up forgetting that and reving in 'N'.. So I gave up that.

[VVTi]

On 7/14/2018 at 11:13 PM, kmeeg said:

I've also heard that its good to shift to 'N' when you are in stand still in traffic for some time to reduce the pressure on torque converter.  I've tried shifting to 'N' few times and ended up forgetting that and reving in 'N'.. So I gave up that.

Why, putting to P while taking a fast turn makes you a Drift King