PeterUbers

Cruising at 30, coming outta a turn, do I need to smash it to drop it down to 1st, or do I just need to make contact w/ the floor?

02'maxed-out

iTrader: (2)

Just a reminder, never drop the auto to first while in motion, it will give the tranny a loud bumppy noise... drop to 2nd if you feel like it, wait till the computer recognizes the drop and slam it...

HitManSE

iTrader: (1)

If its a 3.5 I wouldnt do that, but in the 3.0 it doesnt have enough torque to make the tranny slam like that, If u rev it too high in 1st then it sometimes makes that slamming noise ur talkin about.

PeterUbers

I think I didn't explain properly:

I wasn't talking about using the shifter,... just about how the speed at which I push on the accelerator affects the outcome of which gear the tranny chooses... example: if I slam on the accel as fast as possible... will it drop to 1st, versus if I just gradually push down to the floor .. will it just keep me in my current gear (say 2nd or 3rd) and just keep applying power in that gear?

In the Type S ... the location of where the pedal is .. seems to determine which gear the tranny'll choose..

slickrick

iTrader: (12)

i know what you meant. now when i gradually apply power at lets say 50 it wont drop gears unless i apply power quicky. but going back to 1st gear you have to put the pedal down with some power, but its not necessary to floor it. just experiment.

pjonkheer

Nut up and buy a manual...