Originally posted by: iversonyin
Originally posted by: weadjust
Where is the "It's a PITA to steer, smoke, hold a beer, and shift" option?
You drink and drive? GTFO. You not welcome here.
Originally posted by: ForumMaster
cause it is just one more thing to distract me from the road. if auto is available, why not use it?
Yup, no excuse. Slipping the clutch because rush-hour traffic moves 2 mph slower than idle speed in 1st gear is fun and very beneficial to clutch life!Originally posted by: iversonyin
automatic is boring and expensive to fix. unless your body is too beat up to drive manual, theres not much excuse.
And I wouldn't have it any other way.My current daily driver is a manual
Originally posted by: Zenmervolt
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Originally posted by: Zenmervolt
Yup, no excuse. Slipping the clutch because rush-hour traffic moves 2 mph slower than idle speed in 1st gear is fun and very beneficial to clutch life!Originally posted by: iversonyin
automatic is boring and expensive to fix. unless your body is too beat up to drive manual, theres not much excuse.
A modern automatic has no meaningful fuel economy difference, and is reliable for a couple hundred thousand miles. As far as expensive to fix, the clutch replacement on my 951 runs a trifle over $4,000 parts and labor. Replacing the entire transmission in my old Honda automatic when I was 18 was only $1,600, and that was using a completely rebuilt unit, not a junkyard salvage unit. The automatic in the Honda lasted 207,000 miles. The clutch in the 951 lasted 155,000 miles. Cost of automatic: $800/100,000 miles. Cost of manual: $2,600/100,000 miles. Rebuilding the synchros in a manual transmission typically runs about the same price as rebuilding an automatic.
ZV
Originally posted by: Bateluer
I have auto sex and wouldn't have it any other way. I fail to see how people see it as fun to drive a woman, its just a machine designed to make you babies. Its thats at those points that you really want, not the act of getting there.
Actually, Honda automatics are some of the most expensive automatics to rebuild.Originally posted by: iversonyin
Thanks for the apple to apple comparison.
Originally posted by: Bateluer
I fail to see how people see it as fun to drive a car, its just a machine designed to take you from point A to point B. [/b]Its thats at those points that you really want, not the act of getting there.[.b]
To say nothing of trying to drive a stick in heavy traffic.
Civic is too small for an all-around car.Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
Yeah, but you ruined the 76-86-96-06 streak. :brokenheart:
What's next? Going to tell us that you're buying a '96 Civic DX 4AT and throwing a park bench on the trunk?![]()
- M4H
Originally posted by: Zenmervolt
Civic is too small for an all-around car.Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
Yeah, but you ruined the 76-86-96-06 streak. :brokenheart:
What's next? Going to tell us that you're buying a '96 Civic DX 4AT and throwing a park bench on the trunk?![]()
- M4H![]()
I just got tired of having to say, "I'd love to drive the group to [insert destination here], but I have a Mustang and adults don't fit in the back." I also got tired of being raped on insurance for the Mustang and having every punk kid with a fart pipe wanting to race. At the end of the day, I just want to get home from work, not be harassed by childish teenagers wanting to show off. Believe it or not, but on the freeway the S70 pulls harder than the Mustang. Love turbos.
Besides, I'm one ECU re-flash away from the S70 T5 being within a few tenths of the Mustang and that's close enough for the street.
ZV
Originally posted by: Zenmervolt
Civic is too small for an all-around car.Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
Yeah, but you ruined the 76-86-96-06 streak. :brokenheart:
What's next? Going to tell us that you're buying a '96 Civic DX 4AT and throwing a park bench on the trunk?![]()
- M4H![]()
I just got tired of having to say, "I'd love to drive the group to [insert destination here], but I have a Mustang and adults don't fit in the back." I also got tired of being raped on insurance for the Mustang and having every punk kid with a fart pipe wanting to race. At the end of the day, I just want to get home from work, not be harassed by childish teenagers wanting to show off. Believe it or not, but on the freeway the S70 pulls harder than the Mustang. Love turbos.
Besides, I'm one ECU re-flash away from the S70 T5 being within a few tenths of the Mustang and that's close enough for the street.
ZV
IPD seems to be well respected. Especially for their milder kits (I certainly don't intend to be going for huge numbers if I do a re-flash, so no upgraded turbos or anything). As always, the more power, the riskier it is. General consensus is that anything below 300 at the crank is essentially as safe as stock for the S70 with the Asin Warner 4-speed automatic.Originally posted by: randay
Who are you going to to get your ECU programmed? When I first got my S40 6 years ago there was a couple of sites online that were developing stuff for it, now they've moved onto the newer models and it would be great to find any other sites that might offer something for my car.
Originally posted by: Zenmervolt
Civic is too small for an all-around car.![]()
I just got tired of having to say, "I'd love to drive the group to [insert destination here], but I have a Mustang and adults don't fit in the back." I also got tired of being raped on insurance for the Mustang and having every punk kid with a fart pipe wanting to race. At the end of the day, I just want to get home from work, not be harassed by childish teenagers wanting to show off. Believe it or not, but on the freeway the S70 pulls harder than the Mustang. Love turbos.
Besides, I'm one ECU re-flash away from the S70 T5 being within a few tenths of the Mustang and that's close enough for the street.
ZV
Originally posted by: Zenmervolt
IPD seems to be well respected. Especially for their milder kits (I certainly don't intend to be going for huge numbers if I do a re-flash, so no upgraded turbos or anything). As always, the more power, the riskier it is. General consensus is that anything below 300 at the crank is essentially as safe as stock for the S70 with the Asin Warner 4-speed automatic.Originally posted by: randay
Who are you going to to get your ECU programmed? When I first got my S40 6 years ago there was a couple of sites online that were developing stuff for it, now they've moved onto the newer models and it would be great to find any other sites that might offer something for my car.
Website for IPD is www.ipdusa.com
I'm not affiliated with them in any way.
ZV