Sorry about disagreeing with you about the auto not being a perforamance ride . Your one of the cool ones .

 

yeah i know they do auto's were mainly designed for people for convience

more auto info http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auto_trans

and to argue that your neon is pushing 160hp in what yeah neon? has it been dyno'd?

 

and yes any auto can be made to be fast but to begin with auto's rob HP and TQ. but neons with auto's were not designed for performance

 

The autos in the neons shift really smoothly. Only issue I've had was the transmission not being able to decide which gear to go into when I was driving uphill at around 70 miles per hour. Ended up staying at around 4,500 RPM for a while.

The C4 transmission they put in Fords are pretty nice too. And the C6 which is just a beefed up version.

 

my kia did the same thing with the trans untill i changed plugs and wires it worked good and smooth then blew the pin in it..lol

 

It was annoying because I would speed up and it would shift, but lose power because of the RPM it was at, slow down, down shift, and same thing again. The drive from Laughlin back to Las Vegas is mostly uphill so it was for a good half hour.

 

does it still do it?

 

I heard its tough to use Neons in the mountains. Even on the paved roads going up them. True?

 

with an auto im sure it is cause you need to get the car to kick down a gear and ride it till the car upshifts. with my 5speed it is fine going up any mountain

 

just on a little side note if you wanna make your auto run smoother start pulling weight out of the car. you would be amazed at what 100lbs feels like