I always drive in SS, even in traffic. This shouldn't cause problems in the future right? I mean I would assume Acura would make it durable enough to be driven in this mode all the time. About the only time I put it in D5 is when it's on its way to SS mode. . .

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'01 CLS San Marino Red/Ebony
Spoiler
Comptech Springs

 

<5%

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CL-S #22,299 Black/Parchment/Nav, spoiler, door & fender guards, wood trim, PIAA 19169 & 9005, V1 w/remote, trunk & winter mats, no headers, no sway bars, no springs, no CAI, no money! (but I got a nice new kitchen!)

 

I only drive in SS when i'm at a stop light and want to take off really fast. I dont race people so i usually dont use it much.

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White/Ebony CL Type S with Navi, 35% tint, Polarg M6 Roadlamps

 

when ever i see a slow @#$%@#$ in front of me and I have to pass her!
may be 25% of my driving.

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CL-S
White/Ebony/Navi/Spoiler/Visor/Full Bra/Mud Guards/Acura Car Cover/Tint 20%,35%,5% on Sun Roof, Rockford 250a2 Amp w/JL10w6 / K&N Drop in Filter. Comptech Springs. Polarg m-6.
Comptech Headers, Comptech Sways, Eurolite Xenon Crystal high beams.
me.

gtech 0-60 6.03 w/ 438 pound load. preheader.

 

im always on ss mode

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2001 cl type s,custom voltage blue paint job, comptech headers, 18 inch ssr agle strusse rims(painted voltage blue with chrome lip), greddy evo exhaust, cross drilled rotors, pioneer avx 7000 tv, playstation2, iceman cold air intake(custom)nos fuel pressure regulator, piaa ion yellow fog lights, slammed on nex suspension (level ten torque converter and b&m tranny cooler)3.5 litre upgrade on april 16!(dommed topped pistons, mdx crankshaft, rods , bearings, heads ported and polished, vtec timing

my old car www.hondatech.org/99acv6ic.html
my cl http://albums.photopoint.com/j/View?...064&Sequence=0

 

i am always in SS mode....

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01' CL Type-S, Navigation, Spoiler
4% tint on the backs and 34% on the fronts
Eibach Pro-Kit Springs (2" Drop)

 

I am in SS about 65-75% of the time.

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* 2001 Acura CL Type S * Blk/Blk * Navigator * Spoiler * Moonroof Visor * V1 *
* Since 3/31/2000 *
* Road Warrior *

 

40% of time. When in twisties, 98% of time.

I hate being in traffic, trying to relax, in 3rd in SS, then try to hit the gas for a quick move... Ooops


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Silver 2001 CL-S with NAVI

• Mud guards
• Wheel locks
• Toyo T1S 235/45ZR17-97W* Proxies on 17x8" SSR Competition wheels (48lbs less than stock)
• Kevlar/SS Brake lines ordered
• Comptech headers & sways ready
• Silver AEM CAI ready
• 6 coats of Zaino magic

[This message has been edited by EricL (edited 04-13-2001).]

 

in addition to hwy, i use ss in local streets to "try to" save fuel (keep rpm low)...dont know how effective it is tho

 

Less than 5%, it's just not very pracctical and I hate imitation anything, especially in cars. There is no alternative to a manual and no point in trying to drive an auto like one. I've used it in real hilly areas-which there are plenty of around here, but nowhere else. It's slow and unresponsive, and we have a fine 5 spd. auto to begin with so why bother with the hassle of moving a stick up or down in traffic??

 

D5? Oh that's that position somebody mistakenly put forces me to use to get to SS. Naw, I use SS umm....let's see...ahhh...all the freakin time. %97.3002312234523184 of the time I'm in SS.

dee

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PimpDaddy Gold, Deep Tint, BAAAAAD Attitude

 

NOw I know why you guys want a 6 speed and I couldn't care less. SS sucks as a manual replacement.

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At first i barely used it.Now i find myself using it all the time.It comes in handy in traffic,that's where i'm enjoying it the most.Helps with the cut and thrust!

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San Marino Red
Spoiler
Comptech Headers
Comptech Sways

 

Hi all,

I only use SS when I'm in twisty bits of road. I want to be able to hold the trans in a lower gear so that I have more control via engine braking & acceleration, than if I leave it in D5 (where it's invariably in too high a gear; numerically).

Re a couple of the other replys:

Last time I floored the car off the line (not in SS) it stayed in 1st 'till redline anyway so I don't see the advantage of using SS there.

I don't think you'll be able to achieve better gas mileage by using SS. If you're using a higher gear than full auto would give you, you're probably bogging the engine when you accelerate, forcing you to press the gas pedal further, resulting in worse gas mileage, not better.

I think the trans has been designed for optimum shifting "for all-round driving" in full auto mode, to give you adequate acceleration & optimum gas mileage & you only really need SS when you're driving aggresively on twisty roads. My favorite past-time .

SK

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2001 Sundance Gold Type S

 

I'm in SS at least 75% of the time...I like the extra control it offers over decelleration...



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Astroboy out...

2001 Acura CL Type S: Comptech: Headers, filter, sways, springs, koni shocks, Volk Racing SE37's in 18", goodridge braided brake lines, AEM CAI (blue), APEXi V-AFC, full kicker system, 13" Brembo's on the way with slotted discs for the rear
1996 Porsche 911 Twin Turbo: H&R Springs and sways, Bilstein shocks, ported and polished, crillo rods, new valvetrain
1995 VW Golf: 1999 VR6 Swap, H&R Coil Overs, neuspeed strut bars, neuspeed sway bars, 2.5" Stainless TT exhaust w/ Borla, 13" AP Racing big brakes

 

I hardly use SS mode at all. Without a clutch, what's the point?

 

ALL DA TIME......ANY TIME!


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Comptech Headers/Exhaust
Comptech Springs
Tenzo RS5 18x7.5
MOMO Carbon Fiber shift knob
NAV
My Ride (The movie)
http://albums.photopoint.com/j/MM?u=1296159&s=100072410

 

What do you mean without a clutch? There's a clutch. You just want to put your foot on something. Aren't you tired of all that pressing [by now]?

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* 2001 Acura CL Type S * Blk/Blk * Navigator * Spoiler * Moonroof Visor * V1 *
* Since 3/31/2000 *
* Road Warrior *

 

I use it in the twisties (even more fun now I have comptech sways) and getting on highways.

 

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[This message has been edited by fast_daddy_car (edited 04-13-2001).]

 

I use D4 and D5 more since it stays in 1st longer (see post). SS mode shifts to 2nd too soon, even when floored. Wished it held in each gear- SS is a placebo for the real deal, only useful in mountain driving..... IMHO.

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CL-S PDG, TR Typhoon Wheels, Solaris 9005, guards, nose mask, V-1 & remote.
http://albums.photopoint.com/j/View?...493&p=31386570

 

i use the SS mode like 85 percent of the time, but i use it like always on the highway, i love passin cars in d4 and even sometimes in d3. Sfl higways u can cruise at lke 85 at the daytime and when im drivnin home from gf house at 2am, i cruise at about 100 or soo in SS mode just in case the radar goes off and have to make a quick drop in speed. the only thing i wish is that we had control of d2 and d1, maybe in the next updated cl-s.
wg

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hyperwhie highbeams and corner lights, and eyeball fogs. 620+ posts makes me still a freak on the old Cl page.
my cl-s http://albums.photopoint.com/j/Album...725&a=11443786

 

I didn't use the ss all the time, i only use it when i am slowing down fast, or take hard corners.

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01 silver cl-s
AEM CAI red
K&N air filter
Piaa 19169
Cannon winter floor mats

 

Depending on the mood (mine and maybe yours),....

Agressive styling, impressing an M3 co-worker who does a lot of autocross , passing on the HW, than SS is the way to go.

Drag racing at the strip, and some somke making at the light (no more for me with super sticky NITTOs ... than D3 is a king.

Street driving, crusing at the HW, D5.

Acura Give me G'me an extra 4th gear Pleeeeeeeeez!

Thanks you

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Black, Ebony, 3.2 CL Type-S, NAV.
- 3M clear bra, by Stonguard (full front bumper, and side mirrors, and partial hood)
- Acura Spoiler, Moonroof visor
- Splash guards, Winter mats, Trunk liner
- Valentine V1 Radar Locator
- HELMS Service Manual
- PIAA 19169 road lamps
- 03/19/01: Injen Polished CAI
- 04/13/01: 235/40/18 NITTO 555 on 18x7.5, +45 offset, Koing Imagine in Silver with wheels locks

 

i use SS as much as possible, but this whole 'automatic tranny' thing is fuking up my driving habits. my friend let me drive his manual beetle today, and i forgot to put in the clutch--GDMF!
i wanna 6-speed--PLEEEEEEZ!

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you are not your fukking signature.

 

You know...why is there even a manual transmission anyway? It seems to me that before there was automatic, there was manual and that was the technology of the day. Then along came automatic and now there's SS. What besides cost and consumer demand is stopping manual transmission from becoming obsolete?

Keep in mind that even things that can't be exactly duplicated in other forms still can go obsolete.

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* 2001 Acura CL Type S * Blk/Blk * Navigator * Spoiler * Moonroof Visor * V1 *
* Since 3/31/2000 *
* Road Warrior *

 

if you don't get it-you won't miss it.
'control-freak' prolly factors in somewhere in the answers to your questions.


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you are not your fukking signature.

 

Hey, I'm just asking for the manual tranny lovers out there. I owned:

1987-1990 Integra LS - manual tranny
1990-1999 Integra GS - manual tranny

That's 12 years of Acura manual transmission. It was fun, but I don't miss it one bit. All that work just to get around town, what a waste.

Just my opinion.

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* 2001 Acura CL Type S * Blk/Blk * Navigator * Spoiler * Moonroof Visor * V1 *
* Since 3/31/2000 *
* Road Warrior *

 

hey 'freak', i'm right behind you.
yeah, you're right about it being convenient to have an automatic--i just wish there was a better option that would let us use both (and i don't know what it would be except maybe for some 'extra' pedal popping up out of the floor ). the SS just doesn't cut it


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you are not your fukking signature.

 

I use SLUSH SHIFT only about 10% of the time.

After driving manual transmission cars exclusively for the last 17-years, I really miss having total control over the engine.

I actually take my wife’s 5-Speed Integra to work once in a while so I don’t forget how much fun it is to REALLY drive.

Shawn S


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Speed limits are for CARS and DRIVERS whose limits are easily exceeded !!!!!

2001 CL Type S - NAV - San Marino RED / Parchment - Spoiler - 35% Tint - Roof Visor - PIAA Lamps
GOLD Emblems & Grill - V1 w/remote - KICKER AMP w/(2) 10" Alumapro Subs - Xephyr CAI - Shine by ZAINO
For Photos see: PAGE 1 PAGE 2 PAGE 3 PAGE 4 V1 & SUBS

 

I don't find myself using SS as much as the Auto-Stick in my last car. It just doesn't seem as responsive. I basically use it for highway merging and that's about it. It probably gets used 5% or less. However, maybe with time I will grow to like it better.

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2001 Acura 3.2 CL Type-S - San Marino Red / Parchment - #26519
non-nav - spoiler - wheel locks - splash guards - PIAA 19169s - Zaino baby! - Pics of my car

 

hey silverESS is your signature a homage to fight club?


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2001 cls: silver/black;spoiler;mud guards
future mods : headers;intake;exhaust;springs

 

continuously!


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'01 Satin Silver CL-S, tint, Momo Cobra Carbon, Mobil1, V1, 19169's

NY Lic.- F1 FAN
Future mods: Comptech springs, sways & headers
17" wheels (Heidfelds, Racing Harts or Volks) with S-02's
aerokit?

1995 Mitsu GSX, no mods
NY Lic.-I LV F1

 

well, actually more the 'point' of fight club.
but hey, it's just my sig--to each his own...

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you are not your fukking signature.

 

There's the F1 tranny in the Ferrari 360 Modena. It's a real manual without a torque converter but also clutch less. I want that tranny but it costs $20k just for that!

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Alex