Posted by JRP on 05/05/15 - 3:17 PM
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mikegcny wrote:
That is why I put the Acaida in L and manually shifted. The computer would occasionally take over and shift for me. I have never towed something that big before so I have nothing to compare it to.
I have to take it 75 more miles this Friday to our beach house, where it will stay. I am contemplating pulling it out with my 95 Tacoma. Frame is a bit rusted and that is scaring me.
The Pilot is a basic 5-speed auto transmission, but unfortunately there is no way to limit it to 4th gear for highway towing. It's either "D", which uses all 5-speeds, or "D3" which only uses the first 3 speeds. In "D" at 60-62 mph the engine was lugging at 1900 rpm, and in D3 it was revving at 3100+ or so. I would have liked to select D4 and have the engine around 2500 rpm.
Can you use the Acadia again for the final leg? You know it will do the job!