New 370 owner (first non 4 cylinder car)

[charlie370]

Originally Posted by jayl

congrats on the car, what color did you get. pics???

I went with the lighter silver. I didn't really have a lot of options because I was looking for a 2009. I attached the only pic I've taken so far. I've been too busy driving... I've put 1000 miles on it in 5 days!

It took me 4 days to discover downshifting. I would put it in manual mode and then attempt to accelerate in 6 and it would accelerate slowly... didn't realize downshifting makes you go faster...

I don't know how to drive a stick shift and my one buddy was trying to get me to go manual but after reading through this forum it seems like the manual mode in the AT provides optimum performance for your average driver.

One quick question I have for anyone with a auto is when to shift in manual mode if I want to go as fast as possible from a start. I'm assuming I'm wanting to hit near 7000 for optimal acceleration before the next shift every single change? Is that correct?

Also, how do I figure out how hard I can push it around corners?