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Originally Posted by ryude
That's what tunes are for 
Check out the mustang forums, a tuned automatic on there is drastically better than a manual. You can change a lot of properties with a tune. |
yes! but i dont want to count my eggs before they hatch
obviously you wouldnt need to change anything if they would have just nailed it from the get go. but who knows. we need an in depth review of the AT features before we make conclusions.
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Originally Posted by SL
any links to the reviews? struggling to find anything of note.. and im concerned if it does auto shift that i may have put my deposit down on the wrong car.. (i thought it wouldnt - as per the IS-F? i thought this was basically a 6 speed IS-F box??).. the occasional limit bounce is ok when ragging the ar*e off a car, but if the damn thing changes gear for me the frankly whats the point in the "sport" paddles? :-/
i just wanted a fast gearchange (when i decide) - and via paddles would have been cool, but if its basically autochanging then whats the point in the paddles (really).
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the autoblog review mentioned the auto upshift:
It has paddle shifters and a manual mode, and if you don't shift at all it will automatically upshift when you're in the overrev. Otherwise, in Sport it will upshift at about 5,500, and you get quicker shifting.
http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2679
but again, they dont necessarily state what mode they are in. in the first statement, it sounds as if they are talking about Manual mode. then in the second sentence right afterward it sounds as if they are talking about D mode.
they keep switching back and forth...
and motor trend mentioned the downshift ignore:
But the car won't always give up a downshift upon demand; instead, a beep-beep warning is heard.
but again, they dont mention if this is because the next lower gear would result in an over rev, or if the AT is just playing it safe,
too safe.
http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2609