How to drive efficiently an automatic transmission car?

[victorevolution]

Ay sir, hindi pwede. Pang manual tranny lang yan sinabi mo.

nope, you can shift to d,2 or l regardless of speed, it is actually recommended(check your car's manual) specially when your going up hill(in order not to loose momentum) and downhill(in order to slow momentum)

never put your auto tranny in neutral while moving it is just plain dumb to save a few peso worth of fuel and sacrifice your safety(and passengers or third person)

if you're buying a small car and wants fuel efficiency, always get a manual tranny (although the auto tranny now is leap forwards compared to their counterparts a decade ago) or go for the newer version of automatic transmission such as those found in the fiesta and the likes.

[jut703]

safe ba ito gawin kahit mabilis na takbo mo (80-100KPH)?

Actually, pwede naman. With the Vios, at that speed 3rd gear should give you enough engine braking. To lock it in 3rd gear, off mo lang yung OD mo. Though if I'm not mistaken, max speed that the Vios' second gear can handle is around 90-100 kph. But Toyota's trannies are conservative and if shifting to 2 will put the revs too close to the redline, it won't shift down.

[mika_23]

safe ba ito gawin kahit mabilis na takbo mo (80-100KPH)?

Pwede naman basta wag lang bigla sa L agad espescialy kapag nakapatay ung o/d.