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Going uphill, the vehicle engine is under stress while also being part of the weight holding the car back. In old cars pre-1970s, we often had to downshift into low to just maintain any amount of speed to get up a steep hill. Today's automatic engines do the auto shifting much easier than in older auto transmissions.

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