Do you know what S and L mean?

In the past, vehicles that needed to be driven normally needed manual gearing. However, with the development of society and the advancement of science and technology, various models of various brands have produced automatic transmission cars. Most of the car owners also consider the automatic transmission vehicles. It's very good to open, transfer to the D car, and stop to the N block. But how many people know about automatic blocking? What do the letters on the automatic set mean? Why do you set the D letter as a driving gear? Today we have come to popularize some of the knowledge about automatic transmission. Everybody can take a look.

P:p is Parking, which is a parking block. It uses a mechanical device installed in the car to lock the rotating part of the car so that the vehicle can be stopped when it is running. However, it should be noted that the P block is in the length of the car. Do not use it until it is stopped or when it is completely stopped, otherwise it may cause damage to the transmission.

R: R is Reverse, which means the reverse gear. This is the gear that we use when reversing, but there is one point that we need to pay special attention to. If your car does not stop, do not force it to stop. Damage to the gearbox or a dangerous accident.

N:N is Neutral, which is neutral. The main role of this gear is to cut off the power between the engine and the transmission. When the car is stopped for a short period of time, such as traffic lights or traffic jams.

D: D is Drive, which is the forward driving range. D block is also divided into a number of small categories, D1 block is generally used when walking uphill, it is quite and manual transmission of the 1 block and 2 block; D2 block is on the road when the block is stopped when the use of stop and go, It is equivalent to the 3rd and 4th gears of the manual gear; D3 gear is the most commonly used gear, and it is equivalent to the 5th and 6th gears of the manual gear.

Nowadays, some models in Shanghai have S-blocks and L-blocks. Many owners who have been in contact with automatic transmissions for the first time do not know what they mean. Let's introduce them and see what they represent.

S: S is Sport, referring to the sport mode. When the car is in this gear, the gearbox is free to change the gear;

The L letter represents the low gear. When in this gear, the gearbox is kept in D1 and will not be upshifted.