What is your favorite gear

What is your favorite gear?

  • 1st: You are going to want to rotate those tires pretty often

    Votes: 2 2.0%
  • 2nd: If you don't hit a cone you aren't going fast enough

    Votes: 22 22.2%
  • 3rd: You spent how much on a helmet!?

    Votes: 50 50.5%
  • 4th: So you are missing your cousin's wedding to spend the day at a track?

    Votes: 13 13.1%
  • 5th: GT cruisin'

    Votes: 3 3.0%
  • 6th: Eco mode?

    Votes: 3 3.0%
  • Neutral: You don't understand Ferris, he doesn't drive it. He just rubs it with a diaper.

    Votes: 2 2.0%
  • Reverse: If you tell the cops where the bodies are I'm sure they won't give you the chair

    Votes: 4 4.0%

  • Total voters
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.grimace

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I would like to see 3rd gear option changed to "3rd: Hitting that 3rd gear vTeC"

Then I'd vote :p
 

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3rd gear FTW. Its like its on a boost-by-gear protocol and just hit warp speed compared to 1st and 2nd.
 

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3rd gear is my favorite in any Honda/Acura I"ve owned.
 


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3rd is my favorite but due to speeds reached at the end of it I usually only get to wring out 2nd ;)
 

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2nd gear pulls are fun. Especially on rural streets. Pull out of a light in first and get up to about 15MPH, shift into 2nd gear, ease it in to about 20-25 then smoothly get to full throttle that tops out around 55, right at speed limit. Granted most people tend to like 3rd gear more.
 

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I love 6th gear. I put mine into 6th gear at around 60kph.

I know it isn't recommended by Honda, but it felt fine, no shake, and if I need power, I put it back to Third.
 

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I love 6th gear. I put mine into 6th gear at around 60kph.

I know it isn't recommended by Honda, but it felt fine, no shake, and if I need power, I put it back to Third.
If I'm at cruising speed and just trying to keep a constant speed I will do 6th gear at 40MPH (63KPH). If I need to go, I'll block shift myself to 4th (puts me right around 2500 RPM). I personally don't feel like it damages anything since it shouldn't lug the engine. I didn't know it wasn't recommended by Honda tough, what's your source on this?
 


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Haha I'm the only one that loves first gear?
Get that pedal modulation just right and it'll scare a first time passenger before hitting 35mph. :D Just don't hit the rev limiter and embarrass yourself. :oops:
 

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Haha I'm the only one that loves first gear?
Get that pedal modulation just right and it'll scare a first time passenger before hitting 35mph. :D Just don't hit the rev limiter and embarrass yourself. :oops:
I hit the rev limiter for the first time today, but in second gear. It was embarrassing :(

Edit: getting the optimal power down in 1st (without skipping) does take a little finesse, you kind of have to build into it just right. Takes time to learn, even longer to master.
 

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I hit the rev limiter for the first time today, but in second gear. It was embarrassing :(

Edit: getting the optimal power down in 1st (without skipping) does take a little finesse, you kind of have to build into it just right. Takes time to learn, even longer to master.
Haha I hit the rev limiter the first time I was trying to show a buddy how fast the car is. It's bound to happen if you're not paying enough attention to the dash. 7000RPM comes up quick.
 

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What speed does 2nd gear top out at?
 


 


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