series 3 overdrive rules??

tomseries3tom

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• Mar 13, 2012

• #1

My series 3 has over drive some people say to use the overdrive constantly whilst in highrange 2wd and then others say only use it in 3rd and 4th what is the truth from people that own a series
Cheers tom

 

jamesmartin

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• Mar 13, 2012

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supposedly only in 3rd 4th ,but in practice ive use overdrive in all gears with no detriment ,maybe not wheel spin start with 200 tdi though

 

tomseries3tom

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• Mar 13, 2012

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I have a 200tdi in maine I'm 18 so its hard not to wheel spin when showing my mates up in there corsas! So yh ill just use in it 3rd and 4th

 

jai_landrover

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• Mar 13, 2012

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hehe I remember those hand brake turns in my 90 my poor tranny box! It used to just lift a rear wheel go through the diff and then pop back down on the floor!! oh the fun was good but the maintainance ends up more effort than its worth!!