jamesinc
It’s road speed dependant.
The transmission will, if road speed is high enough, go straight from shifting from second to third, to just as quickly shifting from third to fourth.
That’s why I say third gear becomes inaccessible. Say for arguments sake, you shifted into second gear at 30 km/h. Then, second to third shift took place at 60-65 km/h. By that time, the road speed is high enough to allow overdrive. So, driving like this, you lose the choice of staying in third gear.
Another example, you were towing or carrying a large load. Driving in the mountains. You do not want the transmission choosing the gears unnecessarily and too often.
You want the choice to be in whichever gear you want to be in, and keep it there.
And, you’ll also lose the ability to adopt engine braking in third gear, because you simply won’t be able to access third gear if you were to remove the solenoid.
I hope this helps everyone understand the scenario.
