Auto Tranny

Ok, my friend has a automatic and he insists that going through 1,2,D3 and D4 is faster than just leaving it in drive, is this true and does doing that damage the trans at all? by up or downshifting like that in an auto?

well in the honda manuals it says that upshifting in an auto is ok, but downshifting may cause problems further down the line.

im not sure about starting in one is the quickest way of driving, but i know on my auto(d4,d3,d2) i know if i start in d3, then shift upto d4 i get better accelration than just d4 alone. d2 doesnt give better accelration on either one of the other gears tho.

i have a 95 civic auto, and i do the samethin all the time.
i dunno if it'll demage the tranny....or it'll start faster from d1...
i only know that i can keep my rpm to the redline if go from d1-d2-d3-d4..

If you want to get a really good start off the line, mash the brake into the floor with your left foot while flooring the throttle with your right. then drop the brake the way you would drop a clutch. this helps quite a bit on takeoff for 'racing'.