Originally Posted by jerry rosewicz
Well I decided to read the manual and mine says the W is for wet or winter. The transmission will start out in 2nd gear, but it does not say anything about not shifting into 4th gear. So actually gas milage should not be effected? S is for Standard and should be used for most driving situations.
My mileage was definitely affected-for the worse. It may have been due to trying to accelerate moderately hard to overcome the 2nd gear start (unknowingly).
So far as I'm concerned, W is for "Wet" and will be used as such.
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