Hey thanks Falklore. I didn't know all that. Maybe you could enlighten me a little more on how to launch my automatic properly? I'd appreciate it.

 

It's not something you want to do all of the time, but basically you hold the brakes as tight as you can and get the tach as close to 2000 without the wheels braking loose (2000 is the stock stall speed, this would be higher with the Dr. Evil at 2500). When the light changes, you let go of the brakes and floor the gas (assuming that you don't have major power where you'll just eat up the tires). If you have too much power, rather than floor it, you gas to where your tires can hold the road when you drop the brakes.

Please note that I very rarely do this. It's hard on all systems involved.

 

I used to "power brake" in my auto 1991 5.0 Mustang. I could smoke the tires all the way through first gear while the car was still stopped and it would shift into second gear still smoking the tires. I always let off being afraid I would blow out the tires. I normally wouldn't ever do it unless I had some "coaxing" from friends.

 

but a honda doesn't have that kind of torque. it will shave a few tenths off of your 0-60 time

 

so you drove an auto mustang as well. was it nice? i still would like to buy a mustang lol! need power!!!!!!!!!

although, synthetic oil helps these accords gain some horses.

 

Yeah. I still have the auto. it's got about 180k miles and will still smoke the tires. But it just got too rattley and the window motors kept going out. Plus it was a convertible and it would randomly leak when it rained. It's currently sitting in my dad's garage. i just told him to keep it if he wants, or sell it. He bought me my first one and insurance paid for that one. Even though the title is in my name, I still consider it his as he paid for the first one and he paid the insurance premiums.
But it was fun for a while. Till I got bored of it. It wasn't very fast off the line though - unless you power braked it. I never raced anybody in it. Passing power from around50mph was unbelievable though. It would jump from 50 to85 or 90in a matter of seconds if you timed it right and it threw down into 2nd gear. I would never buy another automatic mustang though.

 

I bet if you power braked it right instead of frying the tires, you could make it move out.

 

Oh I know I could have, but I still think the gearing sucked. Plus autos are no fun to me. I don't even like the idea of those steering wheel mounted "paddle shifters" that come on some Lamborghinis or the Ferrari Enzo. Now they started putting them on Honda Fits and the new Mitsubishi Lancer. They just seemlazy to me. Give me a stick and a clutch and I'm happy. Anything else and I'm bored.

 

I hear ya ..... I wanted a manual, but the one that I got had a lot of things that I wanted (leather, V6, autostart, good headunit, power seat w/ lumbar).

I've actually never owned a manual, but in HS I rebuilt a Subie wagon boxer engine and told the teacher that before we got rid of it that I wanted to learn to drive it, so I did. That car was the only time that shop made any money. It went into a MacPhereson strut compressor (wall mount, vice type), a headlight aiming kit and some other tools. It sold for $700 and ran without any problems. The guy that bought it sold it 3 years later.

Since, I've driven manual a few times, but I'm not that great with it since I've never owned one.

 

Man, you guys are making me jealous, talking about manuals. Lol. I can't wait to get a manual for my car.