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Exhaust Break//Tow Haul

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#1 ·
I sure like the Exhaust Break besides sounding COOL,, It works great. :cool: I played with it today, and the Tow haul mode also.
The combination of the two, both turned on in stop & go city traffic works great for slowing you down with basically no breaking except for the final stop at the light or stop sign. I know it will work great when towing in the mountains.
I told my CoPilot to listen to that cool sound when it is working, And her reply was < Another feature on your toy, with a smile. > But as she drove back north thru heavy Spokane traffic she liked how well it worked.
 
#4 ·
There will be tow reports but have to wait to get the trailer out of RV port and of course for the snow to melt. She loves driving the truck.
 
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Saves on brakes. Now you are kind of like a manual transmission.

I have used the buttons to manually force a downshift or three when conditions warrant a slow-down. I hate wearing out brakes like you do with those darn automatics.

Of course the other side is I used to wear out clutches and transmissions. Now it's only the transmission.
 
#11 ·
Brakes are a LOT cheaper and easier to change than a clutch.To me brakes are expendable, clutches are not. Truckers don't use the clutch when shifting, only for stops and starts. I have had vehicles that I could down shift without using the clutch to save the brakes but it can be a little tricky.
 
#7 ·
Stop breaking our truck!! It is too new to be broken!!!
 
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When driving in Spokane traffic I turn the tow haul mode on and that works great along with the exhaust break. And in heavy city traffic, it really sounds COOL. :cool: With the window down. :rolleyes:
 
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