why sportshift can suck

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Old 05-16-2003, 11:57 PM
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why sportshift can suck

Has anyone else ever been happily driving along using sportshift with the music way up, and accelerated from a stop, only to notice a minute later you are running around 6000 RPM in 1st, but didn't even notice it? Man, I have done this like twice now and feel so bad afterwards... Hopefully I'm not hurting my car or anything.
Old 05-17-2003, 12:27 AM
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never had that problem... autoshifts for me into 2nd so it sucks cuz we cant control it

on the 01-03s or is it the 00's as well?
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00-03 with 5 speeds don't have control over first gear. Frank, you can just leave it in Auto you know, its not like you need to use SS.
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most of the time I leave it in auto, except in traffic or when I want to run it hard; I don''t always use sportshift, but since it's there, might as well use it. I'd prefer a manual tranny like my other car, whose gears are closer and I can actually hear the engine..
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ur not hurting your car...I do this all the time on my 02, but i do it something on my mom's 99. The moment when you notice is when you let off the gas and you feel the tug.
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