"alfred" <tomboy83=@yahoo.com> wrote

> 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?

Well sure...you'd be able to use the engine's powerband more.

> 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.

Well....hmmm. Maybe you aren't aggressive enough on the manual shifting?

I guarantee both of us using manual shifting in 2 Accord automatics will
result in one car faster than the other.

Since you are gonna understand that simple logic, then you can also follow
that some can make the car go faster than others, even with all else equal.

Regardless....its a pain to shift manually in an auto from 1 to D, so the
hell with it.

> 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.

Yup...exactly why I said to do this in the first place to you!

> So maybe its just better suited that way and should only be used to
> control the revs or slow down faster etc.

"Slow down faster"....like what situation are you talking about?

Peace,
Polfus