Civic with i-Shift
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I just took a test drive in a 2007 Civic S-Type 1.8 with an i-Shift "automatic" gearbox...
Now, was it just the one I drove, or is the i-Shift auto box absolutely horrendous? - to the point of being dangerous? Surging gear changes, no torque for pulling away etc. It reminded me of my first driving lesson
I was suprised because you've always been able to count on Honda for a good gearbox, be it auto or manual. I've had loads of Rovers and MG's with Honda PG1 boxes, an 827 with the auto 4-speed box, a honda legend with the same... all absolutely fantastic. I recently also drove a Jazz with the CVT box, again a cracking gearbox.
Someone tell me they're not all like that!
Dave
Now, was it just the one I drove, or is the i-Shift auto box absolutely horrendous? - to the point of being dangerous? Surging gear changes, no torque for pulling away etc. It reminded me of my first driving lesson
I was suprised because you've always been able to count on Honda for a good gearbox, be it auto or manual. I've had loads of Rovers and MG's with Honda PG1 boxes, an 827 with the auto 4-speed box, a honda legend with the same... all absolutely fantastic. I recently also drove a Jazz with the CVT box, again a cracking gearbox.
Someone tell me they're not all like that!
Dave
Was thinking of changing my wifes Jazz with CVT for the new one with i-shift. Had a test drive and it is the worst gearbox I have ever experienced, period. Honda have dropped such a large clanger with this that a 1 year old Jazz with CVT is selling for more than a 3 month old new i-shift model
You cannot imagine how bad they are. I told the salesman I had read some bad reviews and wanted to make my mind up and he said it was nowhere near as bad as people make out. At the end of the test drive I told him I thought it was the worst gearbox I had ever used and he admitted that it was a dog!
Imagine driving a manual car with your right foot but having no clutch pedal. Now whilst you know in a manual when to moderate the revs as you control the clutch, you now have to guess when it might change gear and lift off. Otherwise you lose all power for about 2 seconds and then jerkily change gear. Some times you guess right, but mostly you don't
Imagine driving a manual car with your right foot but having no clutch pedal. Now whilst you know in a manual when to moderate the revs as you control the clutch, you now have to guess when it might change gear and lift off. Otherwise you lose all power for about 2 seconds and then jerkily change gear. Some times you guess right, but mostly you don't
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