So i was driving home from a long day and this SSM Tl pulls up behind me in a construction area.

His speakers are loud and his horrible singing is louder. He was clearly drunk; shouting from his window and such.

He begins to follow me and i wasnt in the mood to play with him.

he gets next to me and then "guns" it. It was pretty slow..

He doesnt realize he's in a freeway entrance lane only and he almost hits the curb and also hits a minor speed dip.

It makes me mad to see a TL driver around the age of 23 driving so reckless, especially since its the 2nd "modded" 3G TL i've ever seen in utah.

so i was confused as to why he was driving so slow..

since we were both driving at around 40 mph and he suddenly "guns" it. I started testing this as i was driving home.

i started off with "downshifting" in Sports shift. I felt like i got no acceleration at all.

then i just floored it in automatic and i felt a stronger kick.

so is that right?

 

Which part?

 

lol.

 

Huh?

 

Who?

 

2 things...

1) glad you're not gay.

2) auto is teh suk. that "kick" you felt is simply the transmission downshifting to a proper gear.

 

 

I think I followed what you were saying. Some people are just morons when the drink, especially if they are behind the wheel.

 

lol

 

Theres this idiot that I see here in Knoxville all the time flying down one of the most dangerous highways in the region, flying up on my ass and weaving in and out of rush hour traffic. It kind of annoys me, but at the same time, a 3G TL looks really cool flying up from behind.

As far as the better in manual mode. Do people actually use "manumatic" what nots? I tried driving my mother-in-law's Tiburon in "sport shift" mode and the car was just like, "whatever I don't care what you want I'm shifting now."

I don't think there should be any performance difference between the two modes, maybe you just didn't downshift to a low enough gear.

 

You failed at telling us what happened.

 

I think he means that he feels like he gets better acceleration from a rolling WOT when it auto mode not the manual mode. I think lol

 

There was a wreck? Or reckless?

 

he's saying just putting his foot down on the gas gives more kick than downshifting, as for the rest of the post, who knows

 

the piston cup! "pshthth he did what in his cup?! "

-mator

thought this quote fit in quite nicely

 

for what its worth ive noticed when in sport mode it doesnt have that kick like in regular mode. but in sport mode my intake and full atlp exaust set up sounds better. lol

 

Y'all dorks...

Yeah, I feel auto kicks harder than SS most of the time. I think I have track slips to prove it. I'll look for 'em shortly.

 

did you forget to tell the SS to put the car into second before you gunned it? sounds like you took off in 3rd lol

 

son?

 

Totally wrong there. You never felt vtec before?

 

I drive an auto TL and it's not teh suk! >:|

 

no comment ...

 

That's gold, Jerry, gold!

 

never....

since ive owned a b16 crx, an 06 si, a 99 si, a 99 ex civic,

i think you get the point.

what he was describing isnt vtec, it was the downshift of the auto. the "vtec" in the tl's is lackluster at best as far as feel.

 

umm, I am confused. So what if the drunk gay guy who you assume is around the age of 23 (not 22 or 24) left the parking brake on? maybe that should explain the "slowness" he was drunk after all.

 

never had VTEC kick in yo?
Have you ever floored it? You feel this strong kick and the engine starts screaming and horsepowers just gush in....

 

i was being sarcastic, i know what vtec feels like. in the TL's it is very lackluster.

 

RED = sarcasm.

 

<--- fail

 

I am also confused but I think it does kick a little more when in auto rather than ss mode. Am I right? Are you right? Wait, what exactly is this convo about?

 

I hate to be a douche but what do you expect? A 3g TL, 04-06 can be purchased for 8 to 12k now. Eventually, once a cars like this become more affordable to a specific genre of people, idiots tend to be able to buy them which results in this type of abusive behavior.

http://autos.yahoo.com/used-cars/acu...ra&distance=50

http://autos.yahoo.com/used-cars/acu...ra&distance=50

http://autos.yahoo.com/used-cars/acu...ra&distance=50


All Manual too.

 

Perhaps you were driving Ms. Daisy in the left lane, refusing to move to the right lane? I dont know of any highways even under construction around here that are 40mph. The lowest I've seen is 55. If they need it lower than that they just close it. Perhaps next time you should just move to the right lane and let faster traffic pass you by. A police officer will tell you the same. If the driver in question is speeding, let the police do their job, not you.

 

When you are entering a work zone, speed is reduced for the safety of the workers. Some are 40mph, some are 3mph, the overall speed limit however can be 55 for the highway, but not the work zone.

 

I want my 3 minutes back.

 

^^WIN +1

 

what??

 

This is the most random thread in the history of AZine.

For the record, if you want sports-sedan performance, buy a car with a clutch!

 

Sorry, late to the party. I'll take a stab at answering him.

When you are in sport mode you are already connected to throttle response. When you are in auto mode you have no quick throttle response. What you have is a lag which leaves you in a neutral feeling for a split second before the downshift happens, then woosh, off it goes feeling more potent.

It feels more like you were punched, ok pushed in the back. When in manual shift mode you are more directly accelerating and there is no punch, err, hard push comparatively.

Manual mode will make a difference when you are prepared to accelerate at a given point. Such as a race track or an upcoming passing lane. The lag when in auto is very short, but it's there.

If you're drag racing and all you do is punch it once, the automatic shifting is going to do a better job of timing the shifts than in manual mode for an average driver.

 

 

[QUOTE=Zigma;12186611]I hate to be a douche but what do you expect? A 3g TL, 04-06 can be purchased for 8 to 12k now. Eventually, once a cars like this become more affordable to a specific genre of people, idiots tend to be able to buy them which results in this type of abusive behavior.

http://autos.yahoo.com/used-cars/acu...ra&distance=50

http://autos.yahoo.com/used-cars/acu...ra&distance=50

http://autos.yahoo.com/used-cars/acu...ra&distance=50


All Manual too.[/QUOTE
damn those are some cheap prices up north. must be something wrong with them.