Is it me, or is my car just slow

[Captaindicki]

Dude just take your time off the line and don’t worry about the others. They can go around you. Fast launches are for Formula 1

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[Gruber]

I just have an impression reading this forum that many people buy MT cars before they learned how to drive them comfortably.
Otherwise, how can asking on the forum whether you are too gentle or the car is too slow be possibly easier than taking a break from being gentle just once and trying to take off like a rocket and testing your limits by yourself? You should be able to easily do it faster than an average commuter. If you were familiar with that is.

Or maybe you spend too long time before you start moving. That would be most likely to trigger the potential AH behind you.

 

[Doublestack00]

Is your car a 1.5T? If so get a KTuner with a base map and it will really wake the car up.

 

[gtman]

Whether the OP is bogging off the line or not, an impatient idiot behind him doesn't mean his car is slow. It just means there are a lot of impatient idiots on the road these days.

 

[nouseformonkeys]

Maybe upload a video of you doing your usual acceleration from a full stop for a better assessment of the situation.

And slightly off-topic...When I’m fourth or so at a red light and the light turns green, I hate that the cars in front of me don’t react until the car in front of them starts going. I can see the brake lights of each car don’t go off until the car in front goes. I’m no jackrabbit or speed demon, but when the light is green for only 15 seconds or so, if everyone started moving forward when it turns green, one or two more cars might make it through before it turns red again.

 

[jred721]

Whether the OP is bogging off the line or not, an impatient idiot behind him doesn't mean his car is slow. It just means there are a lot of impatient idiots on the road these days.

True, even if it is bogging a little that shouldn't be reason for the person behind to cry about it. Im noticing a common trend of people literally treating the roadways like a movie car chase scene by weaving in and out of lanes and aggressively going off the line when the light turns green.

 

[Doublestack00]

True, even if it is bogging a little that shouldn't be reason for the person behind to cry about it. Im noticing a common trend of people literally treating the roadways like a movie car chase scene by weaving in and out of lanes and aggressively going off the line when the light turns green.

That's me at every red light or stop light, lol. I can't help it, I've driven fast and hard my whole life.

10-15 over the speed limit is normal driving to me. I also live in the metro Atlanta area so this is pretty normal here.

Get your car tuned on at least the 6+ base map, it's a game changer.

 

[jred721]

That's me at every red light or stop light, lol. I can't help it, I've driven fast and hard my whole life.

10-15 over the speed limit is normal driving to me. I also live in the metro Atlanta area so this is pretty normal here.

Get your car tuned on at least the 6+ base map, it's a game changer.

I mean I love to have fun when there is no one front of me at a light and im the first in line. But im talking about people launching like its a drag strip when they are behind a car with a lot of traffic around them and they end up tailgating them because the car in front got off the line at a normal speed. Trust me, I love driving fast too but I feel like you need to assess the situation before you drive like that.

 

[fletan]

Get Ktuner, enable launch control, dump the clutch at every green light.

EFFFEEEN EH!

On a more serious note, the civic manual has to be reved up on launch from first. It will bog on you between first and second if you don't get it up to at least 2500 3000 revs. I also litely ride the clutch sometimes if I have passengers to smooth the transition between gears. If not I ride her like I stole it!

 

[Charley-TX]

It's probably not your car.
Consider that cars behind you likely have auto trans. As soon as the light turns green all they have to do is pivot a foot and gas it and GO.
If you are in neutral and the light turns green and not ready to go, people will be inpatient behind you.
At green light taking your time getting going is your prerogative, but people will not be happy behind you.

 

[HatchorNada]

Traffic light turns green, I shift to first, my car gets going and the car behind me signals because I'm moving too slow at take off...

This is what I've experienced most of the time driving and I'm wondering if I'm just not giving the car enough gas to accelerate.

Can anyone else relate?

You need a Hatch. *blurts out in laughter*

 

[Green82]

Any time the clutch pedal is pressed the clutch is being worn. If slow shifting is the problem he should just learn to shift a little quicker instead of sitting at a light with the car in first and the clutch to the floor. Either that or just make up for the slow shift time by accelerating a little more briskly once the car is in gear.

my car is already in gear when im at a light with the clutch pressed. done that or many years with other cars i have owned and never had a clutch problem or early wear on a clutch

 

[gtman]

That's me at every red light or stop light, lol. I can't help it, I've driven fast and hard my whole life.

10-15 over the speed limit is normal driving to me. I also live in the metro Atlanta area so this is pretty normal here.

Get your car tuned on at least the 6+ base map, it's a game changer.

I'm tuned too but I tend to do my "power moves" on the open highway. Driving around town (metro Baltimore) stoplight to stoplight and gunning it at lights makes no sense here because there's always congestion and slow traffic ahead.

 

[CVT_Squad]

Traffic light turns green, I shift to first, my car gets going and the car behind me signals because I'm moving too slow at take off...

This is what I've experienced most of the time driving and I'm wondering if I'm just not giving the car enough gas to accelerate.

Can anyone else relate?

You car, faster go, make ppl mad bro, beep boop. So slow, much turbo lag, ad boost.

 

[Doublestack00]

I'm always the fastest guy at the light and the guy on the left lane passing everyone.

I think my parents driving fast my whole life ingrained it into my brain. My dad at all most 60 now still hauls ass from place to place.

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