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Hi,

I have a 1998 Honda accord v6. It's has an automatic transmission.

When i race the engine on a freeway, i can feel the gears changing. Is
this normal? if not what could be the problem.

Ritesh N.

When you say you "race the engine", what do you mean? If you mean you
press on the gas pedal, and feel the transmission shifting down into a
lower gear, that is normal depending upon how hard you push.


On 28 Dec 2004 08:11:36 -0800, ritesh.noronha@gmail.com wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I have a 1998 Honda accord v6. It's has an automatic transmission.
>
>When i race the engine on a freeway, i can feel the gears changing. Is
>this normal? if not what could be the problem.
>
>Ritesh N.

Yeah if i press on the gas pedal hard, i can feel the transmission
shifting.. Just would like to know if this is normal or not.

Also anyideas on what is the miles per gallon an accord ex v6 gives..

ritesh


Dick wrote:
> When you say you "race the engine", what do you mean? If you mean
you
> press on the gas pedal, and feel the transmission shifting down into
a
> lower gear, that is normal depending upon how hard you push.
>
>
> On 28 Dec 2004 08:11:36 -0800, ritesh.noronha@gmail.com wrote:
>
> >Hi,
> >
> >I have a 1998 Honda accord v6. It's has an automatic transmission.
> >
> >When i race the engine on a freeway, i can feel the gears changing.
Is
> >this normal? if not what could be the problem.
> >
> >Ritesh N.

Yes, that is completely normal. All cars with automatic transmissions
work the same way. Otherwise, the engine would lug when you step on
the gas hard. So it downshifts to get the engine in a better RPM
range for acceleration.

Our '99 (same engine) gave us 32mpg on the road, and about 26mpg
overall, but we don't live in a big city. Our '03 gives us 34mpg on
the road.

Dick

On 28 Dec 2004 13:40:03 -0800, ritesh.noronha@gmail.com wrote:

>Yeah if i press on the gas pedal hard, i can feel the transmission
>shifting.. Just would like to know if this is normal or not.
>
>Also anyideas on what is the miles per gallon an accord ex v6 gives..
>
>ritesh
>
>
>Dick wrote:
>> When you say you "race the engine", what do you mean? If you mean
>you
>> press on the gas pedal, and feel the transmission shifting down into
>a
>> lower gear, that is normal depending upon how hard you push.
>>
>>
>> On 28 Dec 2004 08:11:36 -0800, ritesh.noronha@gmail.com wrote:
>>
>> >Hi,
>> >
>> >I have a 1998 Honda accord v6. It's has an automatic transmission.
>> >
>> >When i race the engine on a freeway, i can feel the gears changing.
>Is
>> >this normal? if not what could be the problem.
>> >
>> >Ritesh N.

I'm getting around 17mpg.

Is there anything i need to check to see why i am getting such low
mileage.

Ritesh

The first thing to look at is your driving style. Then the mix of
city/country driving. One thing most people don't realize is that the
more you use your brakes, the worse your gas mileage will be. Brakes
use up horsepower in the form of heat. The more heat you burn off,
the more engine horsepower it takes to create the need to dump heat.
If you are the type that accelerates hard in traffic, followed by hard
braking, you are going to get a lot worse mileage than someone who
drives more moderately. There is not much you can do from a
mechanical or electrical standpoint other than check the air filter to
make sure it is clean.

Dick

On 29 Dec 2004 07:14:32 -0800, ritesh.noronha@gmail.com wrote:

>I'm getting around 17mpg.
>
>Is there anything i need to check to see why i am getting such low
>mileage.
>
>Ritesh