Automatic manual.
chris26969
10-18-2002, 04:12 PM
My friend has an automatic and he shifts from 1st , to 2nd , to 3rd, and 4th with the shift nob. How bad is this for your transmission!?
kicker1_solo
10-18-2002, 04:50 PM
that'll wear it down a lot faster than driving it like you're supposed to
emerge
10-21-2002, 09:36 AM
i would highly recommend NOT doing that.
first off, you have to switch just right for the car to switch gears. that's how D3 and D4 work. 1 and 2 are not supposed to be used when going fast or driving hard. 1 is used for heavy traffic (i think, i dont know i have a 97) and 2 is for ice/snow/wet roads.
tell your friend (or maybe yourself) that's NOT GOOD. :mad:
one day, this 'friend' will be driving down the road, and try to be cool and shift. then his transmission will fall out from under the car :rolleyes:
first off, you have to switch just right for the car to switch gears. that's how D3 and D4 work. 1 and 2 are not supposed to be used when going fast or driving hard. 1 is used for heavy traffic (i think, i dont know i have a 97) and 2 is for ice/snow/wet roads.
tell your friend (or maybe yourself) that's NOT GOOD. :mad:
one day, this 'friend' will be driving down the road, and try to be cool and shift. then his transmission will fall out from under the car :rolleyes:
kaytec4door
10-21-2002, 11:52 AM
well i have been doing that 1 to 2 and so on manualy in my 95 and i have been doing that for a year now. i have no trouble at all knock on wood. but i only do it when i drive hard:sun: its alot faster that way to but in trafic or just cruzin i leave it in d4
shepworldwide
10-21-2002, 12:06 PM
Originally posted by chris26969
My friend has an automatic and he shifts from 1st , to 2nd , to 3rd, and 4th with the shift nob. How bad is this for your transmission!?
i did this for yrs. in my girls integra we got rid of it about a yr ago for the accord. i don't know how you treat ur ride, but for the record i beat the SHIT out of it for the last 20k before we traded it in w/160k and the car had zero transmission problems...
" i'm a trained professional @ try'n to kill a car, but in this case the teg held up:) don't try this @ home "
:bandit:
My friend has an automatic and he shifts from 1st , to 2nd , to 3rd, and 4th with the shift nob. How bad is this for your transmission!?
i did this for yrs. in my girls integra we got rid of it about a yr ago for the accord. i don't know how you treat ur ride, but for the record i beat the SHIT out of it for the last 20k before we traded it in w/160k and the car had zero transmission problems...
" i'm a trained professional @ try'n to kill a car, but in this case the teg held up:) don't try this @ home "
:bandit:
Fireinthesky28
10-22-2002, 11:23 AM
Yeah...torque converters and transmissions in automatics arent too great for doing the manual thing
CivicSiRacer
10-22-2002, 01:04 PM
Why?
Just go buy a manual car. Shifting like that is bad for the tranny and it's slower than letting the car shift for you.
Just go buy a manual car. Shifting like that is bad for the tranny and it's slower than letting the car shift for you.
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