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Old 10-12-2006, 06:56 PM   #1
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Default Shifting in a automatic?

I always here some of my friends say they manually shift gear in their automaic transmission cars. I've heard this shouldent be done since it can mess-up your tranny.

Is this true?
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Old 10-12-2006, 07:06 PM   #2
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i dont c the point of it...
its not gonna make u faster
if u want to shift do a tranny swap or go buy a manual car..
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Old 10-12-2006, 07:58 PM   #3
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i think its called a tiptronic and you can have your car in drive like an auto but if you want to controll it you put the shifter in a certain spot and there is + and - and you just move it up or down to change gears.
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i think its called a tiptronic and you can have your car in drive like an auto but if you want to controll it you put the shifter in a certain spot and there is + and - and you just move it up or down to change gears.
Youjust described steptronics. Tip is wht Formula 1 cas use.
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Old 10-12-2006, 10:41 PM   #5
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i know my friend has one in his acura and my boss has one in his vw
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Old 10-12-2006, 10:59 PM   #6
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Automatics shift for you. Let them.

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Old 10-13-2006, 12:10 AM   #7
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Floor it and see when it shifts. If you feel the power drop off before the shift or the car keeps pulling but shifts too early, then you may want to shift it manually. I think the auto turbo is supposed to be faster than the manual except for getting off the line.

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Old 10-13-2006, 02:35 AM   #8
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Automatic transmissions work by shifting after your car falls out of its powerband, And it can tell more acuratley than you can, Unless you have a messed up transmission or a motor swap, etc (like say, putting a motor with a 9k rpm redline with the a340, its still going to shift at like 6000 rpms because it has a governer as a safety) And the vws, acuras, new clipse, new maxima, etc and other cars have that tiptronic, auto-manual crap, It is just a fancy name for an automatic with a + and - for the gears. Its totally pointless. I went to test drive an elcipse gt and the salesman was trying to show it to me, and i just left it in D. oh well. The mr2 spyder like mine came with a 6 speed sequential transmission, Which a lot of people thought was an auto-manual thing, But its a real sequential 6 speed, It just has an automatic clutch and assisted shifting. But, The shifts are always the same whether driving slow or trying to drag race someone, Which makes it kind of kill the cars performance. You can tell by the massive difference in 0-60 between the 5 speed and 6/sequential. The good part about sequential transmissions is the massively fast shift time...like on a motorcylce. Seems kind of pointles to me...
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My friends are doing this kind of shifting in regular auto transmissions. But I know it dosent make you faster.
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Old 10-15-2006, 02:06 AM   #10
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are you guys talking about when racing?
its not that they manually shift thier car
most pple with autos jus launch it
by putting it in the lowest gear possible
P R N D 3 2 1
for example they will put in that in 1
get it redlined and then moved it up again to drive
this is a way to get a really good launch with an auto

but for the tiptronics out there,
manumatic, paddle shifter, whatever
i said what i said and i will say it again

hope thier right leg grows bigger than the left lol
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