"Paul Rood" wrote:

For some reason I do not receive any items from two sites ( alt. Auto bmw
and alt. auto volvo ), Anyone know what may have happened?

It's alt.autos.bmw and alt.autos.volvo (with an S on auto) Don't know
if that makes a difference or not. The most recent post on
alt.autos.bmw is


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"David Matkin" wrote in message
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You are right.

S stands for sport - this means that your engine changes up a gear at
higher revs; with your foot down it will nearly red line before
upshifting.

Or even above the red line - ooh er.


E stands for economy the engine upshifts much sooner - even with your
foot down it does not go above 4500 revs.

Not necessarily, especially if you kick down, however it was an
embarrasingly long time before I discovered just how tough the spring
was on
mine to make it happen!


3.2.1 means you can select your gear manually as you say.

The problem is that "Sport" setting will never select 4th gear and hence
always seems to be in one gear too low when you are not racing around.
"Economy on the other hand is hopeless if you are trying to race around at
some pace as you always feel in a gear too high.

It will select 4th eventually, but probably not much below 100mph.


If you are racing around choose sport. Otherwise choose economy for
driving anywhere it is much more economical and more relaxing. In addition
above 53 mph 4th gear locks up ( it feels like another up shift but
isn't ) This removes the torque converter from the equation and increases
the economy still further.

Correct, although it is more like 55mph.


Also for reasons that I can't understand you are not allowed to select 4th
in 3.2.1 mode either.

Because it is the same as D, unless you have more gears in the box
(like my
740i) when you can.


Dave M
chewb40 wrote:
Ok let see if i can explain this. I have a 1987 325i with auto trans. in
the middle of the console i have a dial
that state S/E/123 i think E stands for Sport / E for economy and the
123 is probably for manual.
now my question is shoul I be using E when in the City and S on the
highway, or the other way around...s

and the most recent one for volvo is

Russ wrote:
Hello All

I have a 1996 850 wagon with a sunroof. The interior light control
switch, the three switchses mounted by the rear view mirror, fell out
a few days ago. The middle switch fell apart and now I have no
interior lights.

My questions
Is this a difficult to replace part?

No.


Could I go to a you-pull-it yard
and do this myself?

Sure. Although you might have to look at a few to find a good one.
The plastic may have become brittle on some that have set out in the
sun.