Stoplight Drag Racing With My Kizashi

LPSISRL · Thu Mar 12, 2015 4:07 pm

I've found better acceleration by a steady press on the throttle rather than mashing it when in automatic. Since it's drive by wire, there's not a direct connection between what you do with the pedal and the actual throttle position.

Knightstruth · Sun Mar 15, 2015 6:29 pm

LPSISRL wrote:I've found better acceleration by a steady press on the throttle rather than mashing it when in automatic. Since it's drive by wire, there's not a direct connection between what you do with the pedal and the actual throttle position.

I agree with the above. If I mash it down the car just bogs down and doesn't feel right. After not having my car for awhile I had to retrain myself all over again.

WESHOOT2 · Mon Mar 16, 2015 3:31 pm

get it rollin' a bit then mash......

DesRado · Tue Mar 17, 2015 11:48 am

Wasn't quite a stoplight drag, but I sure stopped a Volvo S80 from passing me in a merge lane (Nobody was behind me, they could have easily just got over). 3rd gear is good for pulling.

KansasKid · Fri Apr 10, 2015 6:39 am

WESHOOT2 wrote:get it rollin' a bit then mash......

Should be an exact quote in the owner's manual...

WESHOOT2 · Fri Apr 10, 2015 8:14 pm

My car still leaps when I mash it, even at 156K.

I love that part

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SamirD · Mon Apr 20, 2015 12:07 am

1/10th of a mile? That's like 500 feet.

Still, a win is a win, especially over some of the people that can be behind the wheel of those marques.

One thing I would caution about this type of racing though is to watch that intersection for last second cross traffic. A good friend of ours missed getting nailed in the side because he waited for the car in the lane next to him--which was totaled in less than a second.

Have fun and stay safe!