"alfred" <tomboy83=@yahoo.com> wrote in
news:UQMTj.5497$1M1.4084@newsfe23.lga:

>
>>
>>> take the bus alfred. it'll absolve you of all responsibility and
>>> worry.
>>
>> I can't WAIT to see him blow up his engine! Or will the transmission
>> go first?
>>
>
> I guess I didn't see Jim Beam's post till now, I have him blocked
> because we determined he is a troll from way back in January.
>
> Elmo, I will not be blowing up the engine. I actually did the same
> practice with my 2005 Accord and had it for 3 years with no problems.
> I just wanted to know if this would be different on the 2008 Accord.
> Its a lease and under warrenty anway. I don't think entering the
> highway in D3 and bringing the rpms to 5000 rpms and switching to D is
> anything out of the ordinary. I am sure most people drive the same way
> if they are performance oriented.
>


Doing this will do no harm at all.

In fact, were you to hold the throttle pedal all the way down for long
enough, the transmission (in automatic mode) may even shift itself at 6,000
rpm.



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