Can't pop VTEC as good as in manual with an auto.

 

"pop VTEC"? never heard that terminology before o_O VTEC engages after 3500rpm, regardless. Below 3500rpm, it depends on throttle position and load.

 

It's joke on Honda-tech.

 

The last auto I had was a BMW 525 wagon and I swear I gained 20 lbs. because of the ease of eating and drinking while driving.
M/T = fun and total control unless you drive in stop & go traffic all the time.

 

I'm currently driving an EM2 Civic and it's automatic.

To make a long story short, it was my first car and my Mom made me get Auto.

It's been 6 years and the car has been amazing! No problems at all! But, I've always regret getting auto. Now that I'm in the market for a new vehicle... the next one definitely has to be stick... more engine control... and more exciting to drive.

 

IMO manuals are only really fun when the car has balls behind it. Everyday daily drivers should be auto's, weekend cars should be sticks. I drive ALOT and get sick of driving my Si when I have to drive it alot. I usually get lazy and start shifting 1-3-5-6. Like I drive 500 miles a week and I am so glad 400 of those are in my 1994 Civic auto.

Plus you get paddles in the Fit Auto Sport =D

 

I disagree. Every car should be MT

 

Tastycakes has the right idea to me..Weekends were made for sticks.

Question?? I came from chiped diesel cars and am used to alot of torque.

when they said 0-60 in 8.3 I could not figure how...Today after some research I put the auto in S and floored it. Slow on take off(no tq) but after about 1/2 second it wound up, to 6700 and shifted and so on. Felt like a 8-8.5 run. Like the honda S2000 likes the upper tach range. Anyone else feel the same?? THUNDER

 

To each his own. I get bored when I'm not driving a stick.

 

Sounds like my si, no power til 6k, also if I were in my si and not my 94 civic I'd prob have gotten into an accident by now trying to shift and write this on my I phone

 

Nooo.... got enough crappy drivers out there and you want all of them driving MT?

 

What I think we all can agree on is every Auto should be a Automatic Manual w/ dual clutches. Why hasn't Honda done this yet??? I mean it has to cost less and is a hell of a lot less complex than a slushbox.

Also for the i-DTEC fans (or w/e its called) The single clutch automanual Honda is trying to spit out to the euro guys will never cut it. Dual clutches are the only way to make shifting an automanual as smooth and as fast as an auto.

 

I disagree as well, it doesn't matter whether its a sports car or a daily commuter, a manual transmission always provides more tactile feel and control.

IMO auto's are for people who think of their cars as appliances (nothing wrong with that, my family has a few auto's of our own). I however enjoy driving and I don't think I could ever buy a car that was not stick (well maybe in 30-40 years haha)

 

It should make them focus on what they are doing and pay more attention to whats going on.

 

yup...the only time i will buy an auto is if its the only transmission avail, like on an suv or a luxury car or something

in my experience, most of the people making excuses like traffic or rpm at cruise are people who dont even know how to drive stick. usually they just justify why they dont have to learn

 

I posted the fact that the MT idles 1000+ rpm higher at highway speed...in your experience that means I don't know how to drive a manual? You're confused...

 

no...i meant to say is that MOST (not all) people give little excuses...if you know how to drive stick, then props to you

what is the rpm at 70mph any ways? i know my rsx is at about 3,100rpm

 

I'll only drive a manual also. I have a sport SSM MT '09 on order that should be arriving this week. I actually do tons of highway driving but I still wouldn't get an automatic. The manual gives you more control and is definitely more fun to drive. I would get bored if I had to drive an automatic all the time.

 

I'd buy a manual. I have, in my opinion, the best automatic transmission in the world right now with the direct-shift gearbox of my GTI. And yes, it shifts faster than a manual, and gets about 1mpg better, but it's still not the same feeling as rowing through the gears.

 

i just ended up gettin a auto the paddel shifters are pretty descent o well it was gonna take me 2 months to get a white manual and i kinda need a car asap


i still like my fit... =]