Can anyone explain to me how to drive my TSX using the SS. I have never driven a standard before so I have no clue other than putting it in D and stepping on the gas. I'd like to know how to use it in both city driving and on the highway. I hope this doesn't sound stupid.

 

Are you serious??



















Move the shifter to the left into SS mode and push up for moving up a gear and pull down to go down a gear. There are 5 gears (1,2,3,4, and 5). If you are in 5th gear and you come to a stop, you can just let the car automatically downshift for you. BUT YOU MUST REMEMBER that the car WILL NOT UPSHIFT for you. You need to up shift between 2500-6000RMP (I do it at 3000-3500 rpm), otherwise you go past the rev limiter in 1st gear and possibly void your powertrain(?) warranty. I believe you can shift between automatic and SS mode at anytime, even when you are moving. Hope that helps.

 

Here is a thread with some info on the SS with the same exact thread title:

https://acurazine.com/forums/showthr...ght=sportshift

 

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Ok... it has to be either one of these or perhaps a combination of all three: :blaze:

 

Ok, quick funny story in this related thread......

My boss is from Austria and is here in the US as an export. He is shopping for a Volkswagon Passat Wagon, so I went with him to take a test drive today. He is a bad driver as it is, and he has only driven MT (very common in Austria / Germany). They only had an AT with SS on the lot (even though he wanted a MT). Needless to say, the test drive with him was terrifying. He didn't know how to drive an AT , and when he started playing with the SS and I though it was the end of me...

 

How hard is it to understand that there is no clutch?

 

While I wouldn't suggest doing it as a matter of course, you won't overrev the engine if you never shift. That's what a rev limiter does. I've bounced it plenty of times - you'll be aware that it's time to shift when the car keeps lurching as it cuts and restores power

 

Doesn't the rev limiter kick in at 7200RPM?

 

7400, actually. You can regularly go to 7200 and just a shade beyond without any problems.

 

correcto mundo. I just read somewhere where some guy reved too high then later on had engine trouble, took it to the dealer, and then the dealer voided his warranty b/c they said that he probably raced it in some racing contest. It was prolly a Subaru or Mitsu.

 

I believe that was an Evo and Mitsubishi didn't want to pay for the repairs under warranty so they ran the engine data and saw that it had been revved to the redline so they claimed he was racing and refused the claim.

Talk about customer service...

 

I thought they had a list of all racing events that involved Evos, and that's how they found out whehter the car had been in a race..

Not that it matters, but I agree that it's a customer service.

 

Hey, the Kids Canadian...what do u expect...









only kidding guys....

Yeah, first gear in sportshift the rev limiter hits hard, ive bounced off of it once or twice there, bounced being the keyword... as long as you pay attention when your shifting, ss runs pritty smoothly... personally Ive droped down into first a couple of times while downshifting That can defenutly hurt your neck

 

It happened to a TSX owner over here, 97acuraCL or something like that was his username. He changed dealer and got it repaired. The problem was not related with the money shift though.

 

ss driving is really fun, but you have to be careful. watch your tach (rpms), especially when shifting from 1st to 2nd. the rpms are going to go upwards fairly quick until 3rd gear is reached. i wouldn't suggest downshifting with the ss until you're comfortable with the gear change points, which for most people is around 2.5k to 3.5k between each gear i think. also, because you're new to ss, you should probably let the car automatically downshift when slowing or coming to a stop.

fyi, many people downshift to slow the car (engine braking) when they're not using to overtake. however, if you decide to use engine braking, avoid downshifting from 2nd to 1st because the rpms will jump really high if the car is still moving in higher speeds of 2nd gear. personally, i don't use engine braking.

btw, whenever you change gears, you can keep your foot on the gas (i.e. you really don't have to wait for the gear change).

 

is it better though to release the throttle when upshifting? or since it's an AT it doesn't matter?

 

oh yeah, you'll also notice your usual AT gear-change points will be slightly different in ss mode. so usually i don't drive in ss mode on the highway unless i'm going to overtake someone.

for example: in 5th gear ss mode, you'll be revving at a slightly higher rpm at 70 or 80mph than regular AT at 70 or 80mph. with 4th gear in ss, you can reach 2.5k at around 55mph or so as opposed to AT, where you can change from 4th to 5th at about 45mph or so at 2.5k.

 

It will always put a little less stress on the torque converter and other tranny components if you let off the gas while the shifting is done, but it's not a biggie if you keep on the gas anyway.