Smooth launch

[John Lipari]

Does anyone else find it hard to do a smooth launch from a full stop on the v6. The car either rockets or starts too slow,can't find happy medium after 5,000 miles. Does linkage need lube or is this normal.

 

[clakowicz@comcast.net]

Likely your automatic transmission. If you engage the manual shift and slowly pull out you will not notice the momentarily lag because you are overriding the transmission

 

[ttsig]

Are you referring to just wanting to start off "normal", not like a jack rabbit and but also not slow like my 90 year old grandma drove? I'm generally a very light-footed driver, and I've never owned a vehicle with so much power, and I had a heck of a time adjusting to just how little pedal it takes to keep the Genesis from firing off the line like a race horse.

However, somewhere along the way I did get it. My starts are now smooth and, as a bonus, MPG friendly, while not being too slow. I really haven't paid much attention to exactly what I'm doing differently, it just seemed to finally come naturally somewhere prior to hitting the 10K mile mark. I remember before that point that I was concentrating when driving friends around town so they wouldn't think I was driving like a maniac.

Later,
Tom

 

[bilmat]

I had the same problem but finally corrected it by concentrating more on pushing my leg forward slightly to depress the accelerator as opposed to using my foot only. Took a few hundred miles, but I can now accelerate without drawing attention to myself, either by rocketing across the intersection like a top fuel dragster, or by seeing a single-finger-salute in my rear view mirror from the driver behind me for mimicking a snail.

 

[scottdk]

I have the same issue in the 4.6 and I always feel like a DB when I rocket off from a stop on accident or accelerate like a grandma.

Guess I'll need more practice.