with normal driving at what rmp does everyone else shift to the next gear? just curious cuz when i was at the dealer last week about transmission noise, they told me that i would have to shift at 5 to 6K in every gear is this true or they're just bs..ing...

 

under normal driving i shift around 3-4k

 

Under normal circumstances I try to shift at

I shift around 5k

and

I drive at 4k

 

I think maybe you mean RPM's, not RMP's? Sorry but I'm a bit tyrannical when it comes to poor spelling.

Yes the dealer is full of $hit, there is no requirement for any transmission ever made, as far as I know, of having to shift at any certain RPM. If you're in a hurry, you're going to let the engine rev higher and shift higher to keep the engine in VTEC, but if you're not in any rush you can shift anywhere as long as you keep the engine spinning above 2000 RPM's or so, to keep it from bogging.

 

I shift anywhere from 4K - 5K. The dealer is just BSing you. I find that it's easier to shif the car at a higher RPM, but you don't have to do it.

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by djohnston
[B]I think maybe you mean RPM's, not RMP's?

 

Thanks naishou, for correcting my misuse of the apostrophe.

However I'm still waiting for an explanation of what an rmp is. At least my "misuse" of the term had the words in the correct order, no? Oh and I guess you don't have baseball in Australia, where there is frequent use of the acronym "RBI" or "RBIs" in the plural form, meaning "Runs Batted In". So I guess you should notify the baseball commissioner that he needs to change the term to "RsBI" from now on...

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by naishou
[B]

In that case, why are you writing "RPM's"?

 

I am curious -- is there anyone here who shifts below 4k in normal street driving? I find it nearly impossible to keep the rpms that low and itt looks like the consensus agrees.

 

According to the owners manual it says to shift at these speeds:

1-2 : 15mph
2-3: 25mph
3-4: 40mph
4-5: 47mph
5-6: 53mph

In the s2k all these speeds usually occur at 4,000 rpms