Nicky Pass

I like driving in D4 so much better. Now I only use D5 on the highway. No more annoying shifting

Black CL-S 4-Life

Welcome to the club!

Type S

yah.. that is what i am talking about...in city drive..d4 is enough..even on highway too..d5 is only for fuel efficiency only..and when u are race..d2.d3.and d4 only

nvpscore

No D1 when racing???

Nashua_Night_Hawk

The resson to use D1-D2-D3 is to redline 1st as the SS or D5 does not redline in 1st!

This gate shifting is only good for 1/4 mile runs. Use SS on the HW if you want to go from D2-D5!!!

Nicky Pass

Driving in D4 probably hurts MPGs

Scooter

if u know how to drive SS, u can still get some decent pull in 5th gear...go 3/4 throttle through all gears, but keep shifting at 3K...when u reach 5th, u'll get the pull...not much, but u'll still get it (u're tricking the engine into using the Grade Logic Control, which is like a little extra boost of power...call it a micro version of NOS )

Nicky Pass

I never use SS mode

Scooter

u're missin out

i SS 99% of the time, and it really adds the sporty flavor im looking for in the car

mdaniel

Your car must be busted. If I keep my foot in it, it will redline in 1st and 2nd in D3, D4, D5 or SS. I've never tried to redline 3rd since I want to keep my license.

Paul

Mine redline in 1st also in SS and D1 if I floor it, i love the feeling when i step on gas a little to let it shifts to 2nd, then i floor it and it drops back to 1st, that kick back is veryyyyyyyyyy nice.

JasonT

I also use D4 all the time, or SS. I only use D5 on the HW. My milage hasn't changed alot. I get about 250 miles on a tank. I get that all the time. The only times I get better is straight HW driving.

Scrib

I'm in SS all the time... I like having the control of the gears. Certainly, it's no manny tranny, but it works for me.

Black CL-S 4-Life

Amazing! I never knew peolpe drove in SS that much. I usually only use SS when I race.

Nashua_Night_Hawk

You are wrong! a lot of CLS drag racers, including myself, observed that in D4 or D5 or SS or any gear other than D1, it would shift 1-2 at 6500 rpm not at 6900!

Some else can confirm this?

ThoroDredCLS

YOUR CORRECT SIR! The way the cars shifts one may think it's shifting at redline but, IT'S NOT! I tried the gate shifting thing this morning behind my neighborhood on my way to work. I was showing my cousin the difference between SS and gate shifting and even HE was impressed. Gate shfiting along with WOTing in 1st brings the car to redline and further. SS brought me to around 6300-6500 tops. I just tried it around 8:00 this morning! :P

WebToker

I have been driving in D4 since I got the car. The only time I up shift to 5 is when I am going over 70.

Dom418

I agree... Car won't readline in D5, comes close in SS, but not quite there... Gate shifting is a must when racing

I have never tried driving in D4, what are the advantages/disadvanteges??

DOM

WebToker

After over 10 runs or so at the 1/4 mile track here in houston, my best times were just leaving it in D3.

kensteele

I'm using SS about 75% of the time.

JRock

I hate you guys and your peer pressure. Since I filled up yesterday morning I've driven 200 miles, 85% of it in D4. We'll see how the gas mileage does next fill up (tomorrow).

Nicky Pass

I used SS mode all day today........I never realized how much FUN it is........I'm gonna use it more often!!!!!!

mdaniel

R is the only non-SS gear I use. I went back and forth a few times but finally decided to stick with SS. Don't want to get lazy while I'm waiting for my 6 speed.

Red Rider

It's great in traffic when you need to hit a hole.

oonowindoo

LOL before i used SS a lot.. now after i got the new tranny.. i m scared of using SS .... dont wanna mess up my tranny again....

JRock

Same here. I rarely use SS.

Scooter

SS will not contribute to blowing yer tranny, so use it all u want

only in automatic will u notice how much the tranny is slipping

Scooter

what i tell u

experiment a little...not too much, or u'll blow the tranny LOL j/k

definitely fun in SS when u need to do quick & nimble passing/weaving

Red Rider

Wouldn't want to hit VTEC now would ya.

3.2cl-s

Yeah, it sux, it falls below vtec if you aren't in D1, i dont use it but you can hold it out longer to land at 5k on the 1-2 shift...........damn i thought i would never have this same problem as i did on my 6spd GTS!

EricL

Strange as this might sound, but you want to get into fat part of the torque curve. On the stock car (with auto tranny), the torque falls off from 5K up, so unless you have headers, you might actually go slower. (The torque curve IS the acceleration curve [with some caveats])

With the headers, the torque peak is around 6+K, so doing as you suggest is worth it.

jdtypeS

What???

Why would someone want to confuse their car into making it go fast? LOL

Kkranghkar

That'd be a good idea if "Grade Logic" did anything in SS, but it doesn't.... A micro version of NOS?? what magic can "Grade Logic" pull???

All it's useful for is cruise control and D3/D4/D5 so it can downshift to a lower gear even when you're going up or down steep hills. All it does is sense that a car's not pulling up a hill, and downshift to prevent gear hunting, and downshift when going down a steep hill to prevent riding your brakes. Does nothing in SS.

Scooter

first of all, the "micro version of NOS" was a joke, hence the

next, Grade Logic DOES work in SS...don't believe me??? next time u're in 5th, put the foot to the floor and PAY ATTENTION to what happens, hence u're tricking the grade logic into THINKING u're going up a hill...i can pass just fine in 5th gear...know y?? b/c the grade logic AUTOMATICALLY downshifts to provide more power, even tho u see "5" on the dash.

Shawn S

"Sport-Shift" BLOWS !!!!!!

Shawn S

Scooter

the original CL-S is still the best CL-S!! :pfawk:

Nashua_Night_Hawk

I noticed that in D5.... When I am going uphill, I will get a sudden un-lokcing of the torque converter, rpms jumps where the D4 should be.... How do I know, I switch to SS and see that I am still in 5th!!!!

Sound sutpid for me to just unlock the torque converter instead of downshifting... But this is what "Grade logic" does.. it will unlock the torque converter first giving a "torque multiplcation factor" rater than downshifting... It could a better and more efficent way than down shifting....

Is is this your "micro NOS"?

DreamU

I drive it as hard if not harder after the tranny replacement. If I back off Acura WINS! Gotta be me. Personally, don't believe driving habits have anything to do with tranny failure. Love D4.

danny25

You gotta take every opportunity to make us jealous don't you.:shakehd: Well it's working dammit!