visuelz

How much throttle do you guys use to get on the highway? For me, it's WOT just to catch up to speed. Especially if you live around me...that darn Sheepshead Bay entrance.

ChrismanTSX

Never thought about this... enough throttle to accelerate to the right speed, and not too much not to get too much speed???

ck123

i accelerate slow......freeway ramps kill gas fast. i dont even see the point of wot, your just casusing more wear and wasting a lot more gas. most people are considerate about onramp merges anyways....they understand it takes a while to pick up speed.

but then again it really depends on the situation...at sometimes you are forced to give it a lot of gas because you dont want people approaching you really fast and having then to brake hard for you...but 75% of the time i take my sweet time

S14 n Tsx

just enough to catch up to the others.

PWPTSX

i think that you really need to press on full throttle in some NY HW enterance since they have some really short ramps, but i am living in Philly, to get on 95 i don't really need to do that

fadinglionhart

freeway ramps are the only time I go WOT. Otherwise, I don't hear my CAI at all.

acura_ak

i don't need to do WOT; for me just enough to catch up.

JTso

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So, it was your driving that causes the poor gas mileage.

https://acurazine.com/forums/showpos...6&postcount=15

SoCaliTrojan

I don't need to WOT...with my 6MT, I just stay in the lower gears ;-)

afici0nad0

wot on 3rd once i begin to merge onto freeway traffic

lcrazyaznl

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Hey vizuels i used to drive around that area alot during the summer maybe you might have saw me dart off haha...

I normally use ss then run on 2 or 3. Only difference now is hondata added =)

godfather2

i might hit WOT on an onramp if it's in the wee hours of the night, but that's about it

Still Water

Busted!!!!

Roffles

I need about 5000rpm in 3rd gear (automatic) to hit 65 before merging. It's rather effortless for this 4 banger.

visuelz

LOL! I am so busted but when I tested my car's gas mileage I never hit the highway. =(. But I'm impressed you remember that thread.

crazyazn - I probably did. What were you doing in the summer lol?

CGTSX2004

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I never need to go WOT throttle to merge, but I have been lately just to hear the CAI.

Nonetheless, with nearly all city driving, I still manage around 22-23 mpg.

EuRTSX

Kevin got a new CAI?



I never go WOT on merging. That's just wasting gas. Enough speed to just go up the ramp at a steady pace.

ChrismanTSX

I only use WOT on an on-ramp if there's no one around, just to hear the nice sounds of the K24A2...

visuelz

Nope just the same old Injen. The ramps on some of the entrances on the Belt Parkway are short or none. Unfortunately, I take those ramps =(.

I'm still only averaging 15 miles a gallon. The Acura tech refuses to even check my car. They just tell me it's my intake. What bull! Anyone an Acura tech that wants to see what's up with my car? Preferably, in Brooklyn please =].

fadinglionhart

you can always buy the stock intake, put it back in, drive it for a while and if you're still getting crappy mileage, take it to another dealer.

visuelz

Yeah, I was getting crappy mileage before even changing the intake...='(

fadinglionhart

then change it back to stock and go to another dealership and ask them to warrenty it.

visuelz

Soooo much work to change it back =(

Tsx536

I'll merge using 2nd gear in SS mode when I want to have some fun.

fadinglionhart

Dang you! I wanna supercharger too

CGTSX2004

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Haven't seen my updated sig, have you...

West6MT

I go WOT if no one is around and conditions are good etc. Gotta stretch its legs every now and then right. Otherwise, I think I use maybe 75% throttle to get up to speed and merge. Also depends how long the merge is,....some of them are darn short, and at times ppl DONT want to let you in.

jlukja

Depends on my mood. I can usually match freeway traffic at about 1/2 throttle on the on-ramp I mostly use. But, sometimes I go WOT just to hear the intake.

alucardx

he meant sport-shift mode for automatics.

moda_way

Highway on-ramp = foot to floor only stopping to shift gears














6MT > 5AT

waTSX

waTSX

With the TSX, I live for on-ramps, gas mileage be damned. I hammer them whenever I can. There's a sweet downhill, decreasing radius ramp near my house that I love. The TSX was built for those things. About the only thing that holds me up is slow-ass drivers

EuRTSX

sweeet

EuRTSX

Ownage.