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Originally Posted by Moto-P
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". |
I'm assuming by full manual mode you mean everything turned off (hold down for 3 seconds, etc), correct? I haven't tried it yet. Will it then, (not that you would want to) basically let you stall the car out but driving too slow in, say 6th gear? I did notice in Sport mode it would not let you shift up (say from 3rd to 4th) if you are going too slow.