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Originally Posted by Jordo!
Question: Can the AT be set to hold gears as you approach idle on coast down, or will it automatically downshift? If so, does it drop one gear at a time or go right to first once you stop rolling?
I'm hoping that's the case, because the one thing the AT 370Z does in manual mode that annoys me is that it will drop down a gear if you drop to about 1K RPM rather than just holding the last gear until given an input from the driver.
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In full manual mode, it is as it implies, it will not intervene and all the mistakes you would make in a manual is available to you, like being in too high or low of a gear.
This is one of the things I love about it, is that in this mode, the AT behaves what it is told to do and nothing else. The only feature is the prevention of going past redline on the downshifts where the next lower gear will send the engine into beyond the redline, and if you come to a complete stop, it will reset you into 1st. That's it.
Now in SPORT AUTO (assisted) mode, the gears will downshift in extended hard braking, assuming that that you are diving into an apex and assuming you will need to be in powerband at the next throttle input. This is however conservative and won't happen at an alarming mistiming, which is good because you can always flip the paddle to drop a gear if needed. The paddle is available to you in any mode...even the full normal "Camry mode".