There is a solution to this.

First of all driving in D in traffic is a bit odd. You have to remember you've got a 1.6L 4 banger and at 1500 RPM it does not produce much more power then to roll. Hovering around 1500 rpm in traffic isn't fun with this engine so don't do it I grew up with little whinny honda engines and it was not uncommon to just keep them above 3000 rpm all the time which meant never getting out of first in stop and go 10 mph traffic.

Sport mode will solve the low rev problem but then I find it creates another problem. The problem I have with sport mode is the throttle is way too sensitive for stop and go traffic. You loose the ability to feather it.

The solution? Move the shifter from D to S/M by flicking it left. Don't touch your paddles. Your display will change from D to DS. Now you get very similar shift points as sport mode but the throttle response of D. As long as you don't try to manually shift at this point the car will still be in auto mode but have the different shift points. This is how I drive in traffic 90% of the time and it eliminates the jerkiness. Give it a try for a few miles and see if it solves it for you.

The other 10% of the time when traffic is really sporadic I use the M/S mode and then shift manually with the paddles. This way I can keep the car in 1st for as long as I want and not shift at all which eliminates the jerkiness from 1st to 2nd and back again during stop and go.

Hope that helps.

 

Thanks for the advice. I'll give this a try on my way to work Monday morning.

-Scott