Edison_Chen said:
I don't regret not get the 5 speed because I live in New York City the traffic here is ridiculous.
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Question Regarding Sportmatic Transmission...
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I don't regret not get the 5 speed because I live in New York City the traffic here is ridiculous.
Edison_Chen
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it doesn't seem to have enough power.. i can't wait for the next generation mazda3
Bellevilleguy
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Are the Automatics in the 2003 P5's a good solid transmission or are they weak and could fail ??
dukerjames
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can anyone confirm that the sportmatic mode shifts up once you hit the rev limiter? I don't think it should though, my car is still under 500 miles so I don't want to go WOT yet.
dukerjames said:
I hit once the red zone, because I forgot I was in "manual mode"
nothing happen.
I think the sportshift of our P5 are some kind of "stoopid proof".
Correct me if I'm wrong, the car wont upshift automaticaly, but will downshift automatically.
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I live in the Chicagoland area. Traffic sucks here. I too have a 2002.5 sport shift. It's the most practical car I have owned, next to my family vehicles (MPV Minivan, and before Acura TL, and before VW Golf (that sucked!)). My prior vehicles to my P5 was a 01 Integra Type R, a 99 Integra GS-R, a 99 Pontiac Grand Prix GTP(got rid of after 4 months), 97 Civic EX Coupe, 95 Eclipse GSX, 93 Camaro V6. All the cars from the Eclipse up until my P5 (not including the Grand Prix GTP) were stick. I spent an ungodly amount of money on each (about $10K each in mods), and in all my experiences, the P5 (even with sport shift) I feel is my best investment. Sure, I am going to Turbo this. I really do miss my Type-R for performance, but everything else (not practical and can get ripped off, etc.) is wonderful! I figure after I turbo this car, and do a little suspension work, I will be to where I was a year ago driving my Type-R but as to a similiar "practical" sleeper that will eat Subi's like crazy! What sucked was I had a Fidanza flywheel and ACT Extreme track clutch and pushing down on that puppy in rush hour traffic really bit. It got so bad that I literally bruised the buttom of my left foot. Ahhh, well, I'm saving a lot of money and pretty darn happy - just need a Turbo and I'll be set. No big investments here = same results as in the past.
- Brian
I live in the Chicagoland area. Traffic sucks here. I too have a 2002.5 sport shift. It's the most practical car I have owned, next to my family vehicles (MPV Minivan, and before Acura TL, and before VW Golf (that sucked!)). My prior vehicles to my P5 was a 01 Integra Type R, a 99 Integra GS-R, a 99 Pontiac Grand Prix GTP(got rid of after 4 months), 97 Civic EX Coupe, 95 Eclipse GSX, 93 Camaro V6. All the cars from the Eclipse up until my P5 (not including the Grand Prix GTP) were stick. I spent an ungodly amount of money on each (about $10K each in mods), and in all my experiences, the P5 (even with sport shift) I feel is my best investment. Sure, I am going to Turbo this. I really do miss my Type-R for performance, but everything else (not practical and can get ripped off, etc.) is wonderful! I figure after I turbo this car, and do a little suspension work, I will be to where I was a year ago driving my Type-R but as to a similiar "practical" sleeper that will eat Subi's like crazy! What sucked was I had a Fidanza flywheel and ACT Extreme track clutch and pushing down on that puppy in rush hour traffic really bit. It got so bad that I literally bruised the buttom of my left foot. Ahhh, well, I'm saving a lot of money and pretty darn happy - just need a Turbo and I'll be set. No big investments here = same results as in the past.
- Brian
It has never upshifted on me in manual mode (i too forgot i had it in manual mode when i was getting on the highway), but it does downshift automatically to 1st gear when you stop. btw... from a dead stop, you can also bump it to 2nd gear before you start but you cannot start in 3rd or 4th gear (not that i would want to, just saying that the ss transmission prevents it).
