Hi,

I'm driving an automatic '98 Honda Civic LX, its a hand me down from my brother. I'm manually downshifting and upshifting on the car, well as much as u can do with an automatic anyways. I'm not abusing the car, I'm never downshifting it into the redline (i don't even think the car would let me).

I have 2 questions: 1) has anybody in these forums driven an automatic Civic like this? 2) how will the Civic's transmission hold up?

 

Welcome!


No I dont drive mine like that and no, stop doing it. It doesnt do you any good.

 

yes it does me plenty of good b/c i get to rev the engine higher while not having to go super fast and get tickets.

btw, anybody have any objective proof of how sturdy or not sturdy the civic's automatic transmission is. comments like 'don't do it' and 'stop it' are nice but i'd like something more objective and reasonable.

 

Yea I wouldn't do it anymore I had a 97 Accord before I got my hatch and i did that the tranny only lasted for like 4 months I went through 3 rebuilds and man that gets real old real fast.

 

sorry usmc2b2004 but i'm calling BS.

 

Thats aiight Youll find out But yea if you want to shift it GET A 5 SPEED.

 

read my post again bozo, the car's a hand me down. i got it for free. i'm trying to extract as much fun out of the car as possible.

don't they teach u how to read in the marines?

 

No need to get feisty but auto tranny's arent designed to do all of that. It wears it out. That is one of the reasons why it only shifts at 4-4.5 rpm. Mind you, most honda auto trannys can re- enter earths atmosphere but an auto tranny in general is fragile. I also killed my auto tranny from actually doing that. No lie. I used it constantly in 3rd going up and downhills. The "spider" gear is what was trashed in it. Its the gear that engages the 1-4 gears automatically. It even had metal shavings in it.

The rebuild costed me $2,300.

 

Yea well thats just dumb automatics are "grocery Getters" not racers.

 

okay, thanks. at least that was a rational answer.