Originally posted by jsinger
Well if I were driving an auto... I'd start it out in first... then shift to second, then to drive the rest of the way, heh. I don't have any first-hand experience with this, but I know a guy that has an auto and shifts like that and has beaten some manuals, so who knows...
I start my auto in D3 and then shift to D4. works for me in the informal stoplight drags.