>
> Once in a while is fine, so don't worry..just upshift at or before redline
> to be safe.
>
> And don't downshift to 2 or 1 to slow car not nececcary.
>
> You can downshift freely between D and D3...even if you are going 70.
>
> The new engine is amazing, IMHO....man I love it. My old 1990 Accord 4-cyl
> had 130 hp....now at 190 and it feels great to me.
>
> Peace,
> Polfus
>


Thank you everyone for the information. I appreciate all the information. I
am still wondering if a sequential sport shifter like in the Acura TSX would
make the car faster than using the regular auto mode?

I wanted to say that although the manual shifting can be fun, I don't think
that it really works that well with the car for performance. Today I thought
I would try a test against a Kia Amanti using the manual shifting method in
my 2008 EXL Accord Auto. I had trouble keeping up using the shifting method.
Then at the next light I put it in D3 and my rpms hit about 5500 rpms I and
blew the doors off the Kia Amanti. So maybe its just better suited that way
and should only be used to control the revs or slow down faster etc.