Wow...I must be hella dumb to NOT notice I was driving in 3rd gear for almost a month now.....I have an AUTO and the damn "D" is right next to the "3"...So I just never noticed the damn thing until today!!!!....OOPS!

My question is Have I caused any damage to my baby????.....or future probs??

Thanks!...

** NO dumb-___ comments I already know what I did!

 

3 is OK to drive in and won't hurt your car however D is overdrive and will save you gas if you use it.

 

"D" has overdrive , 3 is just drive

 

So...Driving in "3"....wont do any damage then??...I can feel a big difference between the two...just making sure!!

 

you were just revving higher
i think the camry motor can take it

 

No damage, your tranny just wasnt able to shift into the 4th gear. Worst case, bad gas mileage from cruising at higher RPMs.

 

lol, that's crazy.. i asked this same question in another thread.. but it was only on my way to san francisco.. and i already knew about "D"..

 

Can someone explain to me what overdrive is? Some automatics have the button for it and I don't really know what it is exactly. I'm thinking like, a cruising gear / mode that kind of saves gas... is that totally wrong?

 

the overdrive gear is your last gear, typically your longest gear, giving you the best MPG.

 

Easy enough. Thanks.

 

if you had a 5sp you couldn't have ever mistaken

 

the only thing is you're gonna be buying gas a lot sooner that way