Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1998 08:20:15 +0200 From: Dirk Everling <everlingnopsam.siemens.de> Subject: Re: 5th gear
kent ough wrote: > > Hello Hi Kent, > I was looking over some old postings on the saab network and one > mentioned that it was bad to rest your hand on the gear selector while in > 5th. I have never heard of such a thing and was wondring if anyone can > provide an explanation or tell me this is rediculous. No, this is quite correct. Don't do this. In any gear. When resting your hand on the stick, your putting a little pressure on the (Ausruecklager) gear switch bearing?, thus wearing it off over the time. Analog one might say one does not rest one's foot on the brake just short of the stopping point. ;o) CU -- '87 900i 190.300,0 mls Dirk Everling | +49-9131-7-46785 | W.v.Siemens Str 60 | D-91052 Erlangen
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