The 'look at what I did today' thread

Post by **Merlin** » Mon May 11, 2015 4:35 pm

Today I had to buy a new alternator for my '07 Civic. Yesterday I had to cram 2 adults, a baby seat (+ baby

), a 4 year old and all the associated crap into a 5th gen Prelude. Fun!

bb1boy · Post by **bb1boy** » Mon May 11, 2015 4:54 pm

I had to hang around the side of the dual carriageway waiting for the AA man to tow me home last night with a broken cam belt (on my daily beater, not the 'Lude, thankfully!)

nitin_s1 · Post by **nitin_s1** » Mon May 11, 2015 5:32 pm

NafemanNathan wrote:
nitin_s1 wrote:so I can put some love juice in to my Type-S..
About time too!

you know you miss the juice.

Post by **NafemanNathan** » Mon May 11, 2015 10:06 pm

bb1boy wrote:I had to hang around the side of the dual carriageway waiting for the AA man to tow me home last night with a broken cam belt (on my daily beater, not the 'Lude, thankfully!)

Phew!!!!

What's your daily? Likely to be any damage?

bb1boy · Post by **bb1boy** » Tue May 12, 2015 10:09 am

It was an mk3 Astra SRi 1992 2.0 8v.. some say its a safe engine, some don't. Either way it is now 8 days away from it's MOT and the arse is so rusty it's almost fallen off, so it's going to be squashed today.

I managed to pick up this little Civic for £199

D16Z6 sohc VTEC, 70k, lots of history almost immaculate inside, Nun owned (hahaha) Only 3 months MOT though

...oh, and it's an AUTO!

Post by **NafemanNathan** » Tue May 12, 2015 10:16 am

Still £199!!!

bb1boy · Post by **bb1boy** » Tue May 12, 2015 10:47 am

I actually gave £200 but I found £1 under the back seat..

Next question - does anyone have experience of these auto boxes? It goes P-R-N-D4-D3-2-1. The way I understand it is I use D4 for normal driving and D3 if I want to accelerate harder with VTEC - because D3 doesn't allow overdrive to engage..? Then I'd use 2 and 1 for ice/steep inclines/towing.. is this even remotely correct?

Post by **indigolemon** » Tue May 12, 2015 10:57 am

D4 for pretty much everything man. Gentle acceleration will stay in gear, shoving the pedal to the floor will drop a gear for overtaking. Leaving a junction with gentle accel will likely result in a 2nd gear takeoff, putting the boot in gets you first gear.

In all the years I owned a Honda auto I pretty much just used D4, Reverse and Park

bb1boy · Post by **bb1boy** » Tue May 12, 2015 11:04 am

Thanks mate

..so what is D3 for then?

Post by **NafemanNathan** » Tue May 12, 2015 11:11 am

Was looking for a genuine Honda guide, but this is explanatory enough

http://ask.cars.com/2013/06/whats-the-d ... gears.html