What is purpose of "Hold button" on side of gear selector.

Tiny
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  • 1996 MAZDA DEMIO
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There is no owner's manual to explain this button's function.
Saturday, March 1st, 2014 AT 5:25 AM

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Tiny
KHLOW2008
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That is to lock the gear to prevent it from up or down shifting and used under certain circumstances such as when you need to be depressing the accelerator and releasing often and don't need the transmission to be up or down shifting too often. Picture yourself driving on a very winding road at around 40mph.
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Saturday, March 1st, 2014 AT 11:09 PM

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