[DR 86]

Originally Posted by Spartan65

On the AT it shifts back down to the gear most applicable to the speed. So if you are in manual and come to a stop sign it will shift down to 1st. It will not (at least mine does not) down shift itself while in manual, except when you stop. I enjoy the paddle shifters for down shifting, the auto blip helps control your gears when in manual.

Of course it will downshift itself in manual; what it won't do is upshift itself, even if you bounce off the rev limiter. If it doesn't downshift as rpms drop with decreasing speed, the engine would stall. For example, you're in manual mode, driving 70km/h in 6th, you brake to slow down for a turn. As you're speed drops to around 58km/h, the transmission will automatically downshift to 5th. As you're speed drops below 50km/h it will downshift automatically to 4th and so on.

Why wouldn't you want to car to remember the highest gear and automatically upshift for you? Simple: how would it know at what rpm to upshift each gear from 1st to 2nd to whatever gear you were in when you stopped? If I wanted to car to automatically upshift, I would have it in auto mode. The whole point of manual mode is so I can (if I wanted) throttle it to redline before upshifting to a higher gear and increase access to torque and horsepower.