The way my FK7’s CVT is programmed, S mode — after clicking a paddle shifter to put it into 7-speed mode — will auto-shift more frequently than either D or S modes left to “fake shift” on their own. It feels like the motor spends more time in the torque peak, then, when it’s automatically...
I'm kinda nervous about taking a car without built-in nav on a long trip ever since I took a rental to the Washington coast. I lost cell signal but didn't realize it until I got to my hotel. I had declined paying for a portable Garmin at the car rental place, so I thought I was SOL...
Likely true for me, too. I'll either hang onto my Civic for another five years-plus or get my last ICE. Very eager to see what the Honda-Sony partnership comes up with in 2025. I'm also crossing my fingers that Tesla gets forced to open up their Supercharger network to non-Teslas here in the USA.
I did, but just once so far. I rented a car in Seattle and drove out to the Washington coast, and we ended up out of AT&T cell range. If I had ponied up for a portable Garmin GPS, I would've been fine. I'm lucky that my phone downloaded the route back to Seattle using our hotel's wifi.
Having a Civic Hatch ST now and kinda bored by the '22 Civic hatch, the A-Spec/Tech trim is exactly what I'd want to spend my money on.
Quick backstory: I've got an FK7 ST and thought about taking advantage of the insane market for used cars by selling mine for almost as much as I paid, and...