I’m hoping that someone can resolve an argument that my husband and I are having. Our house has an exceptionally steep driveway – so steep that we couldn’t get our Toyota Avalon up it without bottoming out at the bottom. We recently traded in our Avalon for a Honda Fit. Because the Fit is so short, …

Steep Driveway

tardis December 9, 2010, 2:32pm 2

Stalling indicates to me that it is a situation that is beyond the specification for the car. It’s bad for the whole drivetrain, not just the engine.