My 94 civic, has 4 speeds (1, 2, D3, D4). Would someone please tell me what i should be driving on in the freeway and on the normal roads? I was driving on d4 24/7 but a friend told me i should be on D3 and D4 on the freeway. Hes a bit weird, so i just wanted to double check here please...

 

d4 is fine for any normal driving. The lower gears are only for hills/towing/heavy load.

 

The average driver will never need use anything besides D4. The car will downshift by itself if load is high enough.

 

Exactly. A good question for some that may have had the same query, but didn't have the balls to ask. :goodjob:

Just as Kai said, most will never use anything but D4. Some people will use the others when racing to get that 'manual' feel, but normal driving is best done in D4.

 

ok, cool. But lets say i was racing against my friends (just for fun), how do you reccomend i take off?

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reason im asking is cause i did race his stock against my stock, and he whooped me (his is manual tho).

 

For drag racing, d4 is the same as d3, because at WOT the engine downshifts as far as it can.

Now if you were actually turning, then d3 means it won't shift up to 4th at times where you wouldn't want it to.

 

Well, if you are racing your friends at an actual dragstrip like you should be, hold on the brake until the second yellow light and mash the gas on the third.

Of course your friend with a manual will beat you every time as long as he shifts right and his car doesn't blow up.

 

when driving around regularly you want to have it in D4, when going up hills and whne u want a couple hundred more RPM drop it down in D3. im sure everyone has put in thier to bits but i figured i would say something as well since i have a 93 civic and it has the same thing

 

Follow what the rest of the guys said...

But one word of advice though, it might not be so wise drag racing with an automatic honda tranny just because they'll breakdown on you--although you might beat your friend because its an automatic and it will shift for you!

 

:werd: Like westcoast said, we can all ask dumb questions once in awhile.