i just bought a 2008...350z....with a auto,,tranny..just notice...this model dosent have a overdrive button.....with the automatic tranny????

 

I believe 5th gear is an overdrive gear. Thinking here, I don't remember seeing an overdrive button in any car for years.

 

"Oh, the red button there kid, don't ever, ever touch the red button."
-Kay

 

Lots of trucks and SUVs have overdrive buttons, but it isn’t to engage overdrive, it’s to lock out overdrive (highest gear) for towing, carrying heavy loads etc.

 

Now that I think about it, my 1994 Dodge Minivan had an overdrive lockout button. My 1999 and 2009 don't have an overdrive lockout.

 

get a truck if you want overdrive

 

If you put the shifter in manual mode, the transmission won't go (or stay) in fifth gear. Will that work for you?

Congrats on the new acquisition. As the local dealer says, "You're gonna love the car."

 

We are all here as z owners..learning about our z cars...No need for the rude remarks..this is totally not needed

 

Buy an electric supercharger.
You'll get better results.

 

Not every car has an overdrive option. Z isn't one of them

 

You're lucky I didn't see this earlier. You got off easy.

 

Join Date: Oct 2010

Da Fuq? You have been learning about your car for over 3 years now?

 

I missed that.

 

good times

 

350/370z’s do not have an overdrive button. Volvo’s and heavy trucks have an overdrive button.

Not flaming… just educating. And… I did not see any rude remarks.

--Spike

 

I didn't see any rude remarks but I think you should clench your butthole for the people that's about to flame you.

 

+1 to electric supercharger.

 

Lionofmalta, just because you don’t have a cute little button to command your transmission in and out of the top (overdrive) gear doesn’t mean you can’t have fun and amusement while driving an auto Z. Obviously (if you want a more peppy response on a steep grade) you can use the manual shift function to hold the car in 4th gear.

A more subtle amusement is persuading the torque converter to unlock. I live near a highway that climbs a long hill. Whenever I’m driving an auto equipped car up it I try to see what technique will work to unlock the converter. Usually I try being stingy on the throttle, holding it steady until just before the car starts to bog down an lose speed. At this point I delicately put a little more pressure on the gas pedal, (too much throttle on a steep hill will just cause the transmission to downshift), but just the right amount will kick the converter out of ‘lock’. (Some cars need a subtle double pump to convince the ECU that unlocking will smooth things out).

Once unlocked the ingenious components inside the converter are free to multiply torque providing a slightly lower gear ratio (usually about 200 more RPM) to haul the car up the hill. Both the manual and automatic Zs are an overdrive in their highest gear and a 1 to 1 ratio in the 2nd from the highest gear. However, the autos can produce a ratio halfway in between 4th and 5th when needed.

Try this, you might not feel the ‘unlock’, but you will see it on the tachometer. A few of those rpm are slippage, but like Goldilocks you might find this ratio (that’s not too hi and not too low) just right to crest the hill without wasting the gas needed for a complete downshift.

I don’t have an auto Z, so let me know if yours can lock and unlock at your beckoning.

 

I have a 2013 Volvo S60 T5, theres no overdrive button.

 

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