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Old Jan 22, 2008 | 04:46 PM
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Default Re: Autostick manual shifting

Originally Posted by cgocifer
In standard auto mode, do we have to hit the switch on the floor to get the car to shift into the next lower gear? It seems as though that's what needs to happen in my car. Again, this is in automatic mode. If I don't mash the pedal to the floor to actuate the switch, it stays in the gear I'm in and is sluggish (obviously because the revs are low).
You shouldn't have to press the pedal all the way down to the floor and press the switch to downshift. Just a press on the gas past halfway will shift mine down a gear. If I press all the way to the switch and click it down it will shift to the lowest number gear for max acceleration.
 
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