4EAT club, whos in?
01-31-2007, 10:33 AM
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autos can get girls because you can pretend you're going to let them drive the car eventually....since girls cant drive stick 
01-31-2007, 11:04 PM
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hey I got a question, I'm sort of new at the whole car thing and I drive a 07 2.5i I bought an auto for just normal everyday driving anyhoo though sometimes I like to take a canyon way home from my house and I was wondering if its okay to put it into 2nd or 3rd without ruining the car?
01-31-2007, 11:14 PM
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Originally Posted by SubyN00by
Suz says she's ready to run you in her stickshift car to prove you wrong.
Originally Posted by mothman331
hey I got a question, I'm sort of new at the whole car thing and I drive a 07 2.5i I bought an auto for just normal everyday driving anyhoo though sometimes I like to take a canyon way home from my house and I was wondering if its okay to put it into 2nd or 3rd without ruining the car?
02-01-2007, 12:36 PM
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Originally Posted by mothman331
hey I got a question, I'm sort of new at the whole car thing and I drive a 07 2.5i I bought an auto for just normal everyday driving anyhoo though sometimes I like to take a canyon way home from my house and I was wondering if its okay to put it into 2nd or 3rd without ruining the car?
Using 2nd on the last i-club drive I had no problem keeping up with STI’s & moded STIs on twisty roads. I try not to leave it in 2nd for longer then 5 minutes at a time; give the transmission a little time to cool down before going into 2nd again.
02-01-2007, 12:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Darkstar
I have done it all the time for the last 5 years; I just make sure to blip the throttle before putting it into 2nd gear and I use synthetic ATF.
Using 2nd on the last i-club drive I had no problem keeping up with STI’s & moded STIs on twisty roads. I try not to leave it in 2nd for longer then 5 minutes at a time; give the transmission a little time to cool down before going into 2nd again.
Using 2nd on the last i-club drive I had no problem keeping up with STI’s & moded STIs on twisty roads. I try not to leave it in 2nd for longer then 5 minutes at a time; give the transmission a little time to cool down before going into 2nd again.
02-01-2007, 03:14 PM
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ok cool, I was wondering because last time I drove through the canyon by my house I was manually switching gears. just wanted to make sure I wasnt breaking the trans. When you say "blip" you mean to let off the throttle a bit right? Thanks for the quick replys!
02-02-2007, 11:26 AM
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Originally Posted by mothman331
ok cool, I was wondering because last time I drove through the canyon by my house I was manually switching gears. just wanted to make sure I wasnt breaking the trans. When you say "blip" you mean to let off the throttle a bit right? Thanks for the quick replys!
02-05-2007, 01:21 AM
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yeah i noticed that when i'm turning, i rev up to 4k though i'm just pressing the gas normally.
one question though,..i remember i was on 3rd one time and i did some spirited driving and for some reason, after it went to 6k rpms, it shifted, as if i shifted to a higher gear, although i was still on 3rd.
can someone explain this cuz idk whats that about.
one question though,..i remember i was on 3rd one time and i did some spirited driving and for some reason, after it went to 6k rpms, it shifted, as if i shifted to a higher gear, although i was still on 3rd.
can someone explain this cuz idk whats that about.
02-05-2007, 10:18 AM
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As far as I know when you put it into 1st or 2nd it’s locked in that gear, even if you’re bouncing off the rev limiter it will not up-shift, (with one exception for safety reasons; if you try to shift into 2nd or 1st at too high a speed it will not let you destroy the 4eat, only when you slow down will it shift).
Putting it in 3rd gear is different; it’s not locked, so if you’re at a high rpm and you don’t have a lot of throttle it will shift to 4th gear. Over time you can learn the right amount of throttle to keep it from up-shifting.
Putting it in 3rd gear is different; it’s not locked, so if you’re at a high rpm and you don’t have a lot of throttle it will shift to 4th gear. Over time you can learn the right amount of throttle to keep it from up-shifting.