yes, i am among the ‘lacks a sense of direction’ types when it comes to driving in new places and in turn have a navigation system in my car.
i went the factory option since 1) it was covered under warranty 2) very seemless integration and a good system 3) gave me a SD card reader via a pc card slot
at the time the benefits outweighed the negatives (cost was only negative at time). they have for some time, however this year i decided to update my maps for my navigation system and thus this post. more ranting after the jump.
well, figured it was time to update/change my blog theme. finally found a decent theme to use that met my criteria, black and basic. davak then uploaded it for me and made a few tweaks and thus the new look! thanks again for updating it so fast!!
after reading about twitter on the other techrx blogs, decided i’d join up and take it for a spin. its pretty sweet. i’ve been using the text messaging option of posting since its so easy and i can do it anywhere. plus, its fun seeing what davak and q and shamantears are up to throughout the day. sure seem like a bunch of busy guys!
and finally, some randomness on randomness and shuffle. why is it that most media players have such a limited shuffle/random playback options? i really hate it when you put a bunch of songs (ie 100 to 300) on shuffle yet after each time i start playback it shuffles the same order as it previously did. this is a really huge annoyance i have w/my Civic Si’s sound system. i have the navigation package and in turn have the PC Card reader for music files. i noticed that when i turn on shuffle/random it uses the same random list. come on, it can’t be that hard to make the random playback order random on each time the feature is turned on!!!! you’d think its a very basic random function in the software. i remember making a few basic java script applets and the first excercise was to make a random number generator; so its not like i’m asking for anything complex or hard to do. just seems like most manufacturers just don’t think that people use the feature or don’t put much effort into it.
well, i’ve had my civic si since last april and since having her (got her w/4 miles..) have noticed a slight notchy feel when shifting 1st to 2nd, and 2nd to 3rd. also noticed downshifting from 4th to 3rd and 3rd to 4th a similar prob. well, i headed over to good ole temple of vtec (http://vtec.net) and the forum boards for the civic and found that others w/the 06 si had similar probs.
one user decided that he’d try to change his mtf using a synthetic Amsoil Synthetic Transaxle Fluid. he found that his tranny was actually over filled and by replacing the mtf the notchiness was almost gone.
so today i went to my dealership (luther hopkins honda, http://hopkinshonda.com ) and had them do the change. at first they were worried it may violate my warranty terms by using a non-Honda mtf, however after realizing i had an si w/the 6speed he apologized and got er done. btw, i give props to my dealership for the easy buy, great service (have a very nice lounge area w/free wifi, tvs, couches and are open till 1am m-th).
i instantly noticed a difference. my car seemed to run much smoother and w/more power. the notchiness appears to be gone from 1st to 2nd and 2nd to 3rd. downshifting does not seem like its a chore, nice and smooth. i almost wonder if my tranny was overfilled too.. nonetheless things seem to be much better. i’ll post an update after this weekend (gonna be 60s and sunny, gotta cruise around!).
previously, i had the rev hang problem but was lucky enough that my car’s vin was included in the ECU update, that problem nearly non-existent for me now. so it seems my si may now be running at 100%. the SRI sounds sweeter and sweeter each 100 miles i put on, i’ve been tempted to perhaps to a header change or exhaust but we’ll see how hard it is to do. i figure after i pay vicki off, i’ll think about doing turbo but till then, no turbo.
btw my baby, vicki;
check out my si videos over at youtube including my civic si navi startup screen hack guide (based on guicide/bysin hack, my guide):
