Originally posted by killerskyline
its seems people here arent stickin to topic here but anyways....maybe im just not as car-competent as you guys but i always thought the "changing gear" on automatics was the over drive. or is over drive a "different gear." i guess dont know as much as i should about cars huh?
over drive is a low-torque gear for fuel mileage. 5th gear in stick shifts.
that throttle up when you stomp the pedal is the machine downshifting for you.