Shifting an Automatic

[Schister66]

and if you really think the weather there is bad, check the weather for Fargo ND for the past week.....that's the shit i've had to drive through for the past week in my Integra...and its a 5 spd.....

If you know how to drive a stick its not that hard to do, but honestly i think you should stop shifting your auto because you're going to wreck something......

[pimprolla112]

Believe me i know the whether where i live is nothing we where lucky to get 20" of snow all winter but it was pretty bad the last few years. Kind of mild this year in the mideast. I will admit i hate the weather in those areas, went to school in PA last year and we cant miss more than 3 days for the whole 8 months there. But it snowed close to 2 feet and driving that in a s10 blazer was kind of scary on the side of a cliff. But your right he will end up fucking something up shifting an auto.

[FinchUsed]

Well here our snow has ice underneath it all.

So does ours. Here we just got another 4 or 5 inches this morning too (Nebraska). Doesn't make a difference. I can slide around as if I am in a sled, but if I push the clutch down and maybe upshift then I usually can get enough traction to do something about a vehicle being infront of me. I've done it acouple of times this week. You can't bash manuals in the snow because they are every bit as good on ice as an auto.

[cficare68]

Luckly here in Boise when it snows in the valley it is usually gone the next day. We had 4-5" on Wednesday and by Thursday morning there was nothing.

[jakegday]

Originally Posted by FinchUsed

So does ours. Here we just got another 4 or 5 inches this morning too (Nebraska). Doesn't make a difference. I can slide around as if I am in a sled, but if I push the clutch down and maybe upshift then I usually can get enough traction to do something about a vehicle being infront of me. I've done it acouple of times this week. You can't bash manuals in the snow because they are every bit as good on ice as an auto.

where at in nebraska?? im about 30 miles north of omaha and i got quite a bit of snow today too, not sure when though, i got off work at 6am, and there was nothing, then i went outside at 4 pm and HOLY SHIT,

[FinchUsed]

I'm in Grand Island. It snowed again today, nothing to complain about this time though. I'd say we still have 6 inches on the ground and some of the streets are pretty slick. There's been snow on the ground for a week now. Ridiculous. I hate snow.

[Chevalier]

if he wants to shift his auto let him.. who cares.. its his car.. nobody tells u have to shift ur car..so why should u tell him? some people need to get over themselves..

[FinchUsed]

That's what I said, on the first page, and after that we discussed handling on the snow. Saying that an auto is better in snow isn't necessarily right, so we kind of were discussing that. If he wants to shift with his auto, that's dandy with me.

[ImSoYesterday]

I drove my first winter in an auto, my second winter in my 5speed Cavy. manual=WAY better for winter. Plus if you get stuck you can rock the car with fancy clutch/gas work. It isn't good for it but it effective. You can cut all power to the wheels by flickign it in neutral, you can do everything in second to prevent spinning tires and such. winter: manual > auto.

[Xx ReasoN xX]

Originally Posted by pimprolla112

WOW i really hate posting in here because well i see the cavalier as a ricer in any way shape or form. NO offense to anyone but thats my opinion stick with it or shut the fuck up. When it snows up here its usually started off with about an inch of freezing rain and i have driven damn near anything in the snow. Geo metro stick, civic stick, corolla auto and stick, regal auto and my 4x4 blazer auto. One thing i will say first off is that it doesnt matter whether its a 5 speed auto FWD or RWD the weight on the axles is what matters. The regal is almost unstopable in the snow, mainly because it has a 3.8 that weighs like 700lbs. The corolla sucks ass no weight but the 5speed is better. What im getting at is that it doesnt matter unless the car has some weight on the axles. Another thing 4x4 is almost useless unless you have ABS.

I never clicked on this thread because well it said " shifting an auto "
so i was just like i rather not be mean. But it turns out that a lot of people made some good points. But there are some stuff that i didnt agree with. Now i dont know if you meant this on snow only but 5sps and auto do matter and FWD and RWD matter also. And as for cavalier being ricers just to let you know cars arent ricers, ricers are the drivers. This is what a ricer is " A ricer to mostly every car person is someone who knows absoloutly nothing of their car. Usually a person who TRIES at learning about cars by racing their cars up and
down highways, in and out of traffic, with their loud systems and exhaust tips. The stickers only add to the millions of accessories to modifying the exterior of your car. Wings bodykits, lips, wheels, tons and tons of modifications." and just so you know i have a body kit. Ohh and as for shifting and auto dont do it. If you want higher rpms and shifting faster get a shift kit.

[pimprolla112]

Yeah you are right its not the car thats the ricer its the owner (poor cars), there are the people you stated that have no idea what the hell there doing, and theres the show car "ricers" or tons of body mods that make the car look fast and agressive and the damn thing runs like a slug. Its been a while since ive driven a car ive owned 2 blazers in the last year or so. Current one i have it running high 14's on the stock motor not bad considering tha damn thing ran a 17.3 after i bought it. My goal is to getit running high 13's off of the stock motor N/A. As for the guy bumping his system down the street beeing ricer 9 out of 10 people with a car that have a stereo system are guilty of that. Im not going to lie i have seen some fast cavs and some clean ones but the majority of them in this area are "riced". Then again you get that with any car fast mustang, or a dick head with dual exhaust on a v6 thinking he has the baddest car on the road. Same with hondas, trucks, mitsus, yotas, every car.

As for minding my business i was trying to save the poor kid from paying a grand for a new tranny when he breaks the tranny oil pump or the internalls. If he wants to shift let him but just so you know unless you know what your doing then the motor must come out of the car to replace the tranny and it isnt easy on any car.