View Single Post
  #3  
Old 04-02-2007, 08:15 PM
Huck BB62's Avatar
Huck BB62 Huck BB62 is offline
Hummer Expert
 
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Posey, CA Southern Sierras
Posts: 705
Huck BB62 is an unknown quantity at this point
Default Re: 6.2 and six speed

Quote:
Originally Posted by Boar-Ral
I was reading here that the H2 will indeed have a manual setting for shifting gears via buttons on the shifter.

"A new six-speed Hydra-Matic 6L80 RWD electronically controlled automatic transmission backs the 6.2L engine. The six-speed automatic has a wide, 6.04:1 overall ratio ? including two overdrive gears ? that helps deliver an excellent balance of performance and fuel economy. Also, the 6L80 has a "tap up/tap down" capability that allows the driver to manually select upshifts and downshifts with a button on the column shifter."

That sounds pretty cool. I'm not sure how much I would use it other than offroad, though.

I'd use it every day! I drive in the mountains. It saves brakes to gear down and you can dive into the corner tapped down to the lower gear for the exit. Fun fun fun!!!!!
__________________
Reply With Quote