Originally Posted by Kestrel
Well you're right if that's how you start your car up. I've never driven a car that way.
I was just coming from the perspective of driving around town, not holding two pedals down at once (since you probably wouldn't do that on the street).
Sheesh kid how long have you been driving? I had an auto tranny 91 hatch that I did that with all the time on the street. But I was intentionally trying to tear the tranny up just becuase I knew I was swapping it to 5-speed LS setup. Point comes down to the original poster questoins, not the pissing match this thread has degenerated down to.
Pro's:
~Much easier to luanch than a manual
~Easy to run consistant times since you don't have to worry about shifting
~Turbo will never fall out of boost b/t shifts like in a manual car
~Turbo can be spooled at the line by "power braking", giving you lots power if you can use it right out of the hole.
Con's
~Honda trannies aren't very strong and generally don't take well to more than 10~20% above factory power.
~Rebuilding/Bullet proofing the auto tranny is possible through a company known as Level 10(for one, others may be out there), but it's not cheap.
~Automatics are smooth but sluggish and rob a good amount of power on upshift/downshifts generally. This is done for drivability and user comfort. Unless they are rebuilt with agressive shift kits or manual valve bodies(IE manual shifting). The car will have the laggy feeling
~Auto tranny + an exhaust = annoying