Honda Takes a Beating

[pjaymac]

Originally Posted by reb01501

Yep. here it is:
https://techinfo.honda.com/rjanisis/...2MA2010OMA.pdf

Very cool! Thanks very much. I'll check out the manual, but I'm guessing the transmission has to be in Sport mode for the paddle shifters to be used. And I'm also guessing that, as with the Fit, the Insight can be put into Sport mode while the car is being driven.

[Uriel]

The paddle shifters also work in D as well as Sport. It's kind of semi-automatic rather than manual. It only holds the gear until the car is cruising again then it goes back to CVT automatically.

In S the gears hold until you would otherwise stall or hit the rev limiter. In those cases it will still change up or down automatically.

[pjaymac]

Originally Posted by Uriel

The paddle shifters also work in D as well as Sport. It's kind of semi-automatic rather than manual. It only holds the gear until the car is cruising again then it goes back to CVT automatically.

In S the gears hold until you would otherwise stall or hit the rev limiter. In those cases it will still change up or down automatically.

Oh, interesting, Uriel. Thanks!

[zzzptm]

Originally Posted by Uriel

The paddle shifters also work in D as well as Sport. It's kind of semi-automatic rather than manual. It only holds the gear until the car is cruising again then it goes back to CVT automatically.

In S the gears hold until you would otherwise stall or hit the rev limiter. In those cases it will still change up or down automatically.

I drive in D mode pretty much exclusively, and I love the feature where I can hold down the paddle to get that better gearing ratio. And, yes, after the burst, it's back to normal. Pretty nifty!

[Uriel]

Originally Posted by reb01501

I've just found this in an online manual:

Shift up	Normal acceleration
1 > 2	        15 mph (24 km/h)
2 > 3	        25 mph (40 km/h)
3 > 4	        40 mph (64 km/h)
4 > 5	        45 mph (72 km/h)
5 > 6	        50 mph (81 km/h)
6 > 7	        55 mph (89 km/h)

Just re-read my UK manual. Maybe it's written differently for a country where just under 90% of drivers learned on a manual transmission car.

Minimum shift up and maximum shift down speeds are given.

Upshifts:
1 > 2          Over 8 mph
2 > 3          Over 11 mph
3 > 4          Over 15 mph
4 > 5          Over 19 mph
5 > 6          Over 24 mph
6 > 7          Over 29 mph

Downshifts:
2 > 1          Under 28 mph
3 > 2          Under 41 mph
4 > 3          Under 56 mph
5 > 4          Under 73 mph
6 > 5          Under 93 mph
7 > 6          Under 116 mph

So basically - you can upshift from first to second anywhere between 8 and 28 mph (and so-on). It's up to you.

[Cobb]

I cant speak for your country, but ours has some really stupid people in it. Many car thieves will not touch stick shift cars as they cant drive them. There was a block of stolen cars, but the stick shifts were left.

I worked in the premiere banking part of the bank and I was shocked at how many people in the NorthEast where a lot of our decisions are made and their intelligence level.

Sent from my Autoguide iPod touch app

[zzzptm]

Heh... I pretty much watch the revs in making my decision on when to shift. And by watching the revs, I mean listen to the engine.