from the magazine times ive seen on the 5th gen id say anywhere from a half a second to a whole second faster.. so yea...

people dont hate honda autos, my mom and dad have no problem with them.

its young kids trying to make their slush box hondas into drag racers and doing neutral drops or manually shifting and killing them. also they arent a good platform to start on if your truely an import tuning enthusiast, i should know i blew up my auto tranny after 2 yrs of nitrous. 5spd conversion was the best mod ive ever done, should have started off with a 5spd but o well, you live you learn.

basically it will cost more in the long run to make a honda slushbox "fast" than it would with a manual.