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Old 19-10-2006, 12:19 PM   #9
Rory
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Cheshire, UK
Car: C270 Estate
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Glenn Smith
Not strictly true, in down changes yes, in up no, try putting in 2nd floor it and hold it there, it will bounce off the rev limiter!!!
Mine (like the OP's) is a C270CDi, and it certainly DOES upshift on it's own if held in a lower gear. It threw me at first, 'cos it up-shifts pretty early - it doesn't go anywhere near the red-line, never mind the rev limiter (if there is one a diesel!).
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