Dear Acura

"Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras" (jegoingout) 10/30/2015 at 13:19 • Filed to: None

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Why did you give me the ability to shift gears myself in my car but while in that mode the car still shifts itself....WHAT’S THE POINT?!?!

Before people say I should’ve gotten a manual, the 2nd generation didn’t come with one :[

PanchoVilleneuve ST > Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras 10/30/2015 at 13:22

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It’s a Honda slushbox, it’s probably going to blow up anyway.

BURN!

BURN

Nibby > Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras 10/30/2015 at 13:23

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mmm 2nd gen TLs

My mom had one and my aunt has had 2. Underrated rides.

Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras > PanchoVilleneuve ST 10/30/2015 at 13:30

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118k miles on it so far :D...as long as it lasts till next year

jariten1781 > Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras 10/30/2015 at 13:31

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Why did you give me the ability to shift gears myself

They didn’t...they gave you a lever that would allow you to suggest things to the transmission. Much like suggesting, to a group, a restaurant for dinner...it only works out in your favor some of the time.

Also...doesn't it only do the 1-2 upshift and hold in all the other gears? That's how I remember my sister in laws behaving, but I could be mistaken.

Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras > jariten1781 10/30/2015 at 13:33

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yes auto 1-2 upshift and downshifting is purely by power of suggestion

Dunnik > Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras 10/30/2015 at 13:38

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Like quite a few Tiptronics, the one on my 08 TL does the same thing: it downshifts for you. And considering the torque steer on the non-LSD equipped TL is such that you’d want both hands on the wheel during hard acceleration (the reason why the Type-S has paddle shifters), the thing is pretty much useless.

Except in winter during very heavy snowfalls: forcing it to stay in a particular gear or gear range is useful.

So what’s the point? Marketing Bullshit.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras 10/30/2015 at 13:53

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The one in our Commander does what it’s told.

Andy Sheehan, StreetsideStig > Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras 10/30/2015 at 14:13

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Yeah. Sadly, if it’s not 3 pedals, it’s a trap.

RazoE > Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras 10/30/2015 at 14:25

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Maybe its for the best. Mazda’s “manumatic” in the 3 wouldn’t shift up or down in manual mode, so tons of people left it in a single gear and bounced off the limiter so long the car would potentially catch fire. I say leave automatics automatic.

WiscoProud > Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras 10/30/2015 at 14:28

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My LR3 did the same thing. It would hold the gear for longer, but would still shift on its own.