Hey guys, new to the forum, just posted my intro, but was fortunate enough to be able to grab a 2022 P500 on Saturday. I had been looking and ran across a dealer that got an unexpected shipment from Honda.
We live in a cool town that allows sxs on the city streets and golf cart trails. I wanted something that wasn't much bigger than a golf cart, ran on gas so I wasn't buying batteries all the time, and had more power than a golf cart so I could use it other places too. The 500 checked all those boxes.
I get it home and the first thing I notice is the hard shifting and trouble from 1-2. I jumped on here and started searching for an answer. I've read a good number of the hard shifting threads and it seems most of them say "suck it up and power through, everything will be ok." It does seem like I remember one thread where a guy actually had legit issues and dealt with Honda on it. I'm up to 23 miles, did the clutch adjustment as described on here and am still just nervous that this thing isn't going to get better. How bad is too bad?
As for just using it in Manual, I probably will most of the time. Problem is my family will be using it just as much if not more than me. Automatic is a must, especially since I sold the wife on the sxs life instead of a golf cart.
Thanks for all the info already.
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