Thanks for the comments, especially from the CC members. I always get my questions answered on this forum. I did find that even with an automatic if you keep hitting the shift lever to the left quickly it will find 2nd gear rapidly with some pretty high revs, although it seems to always shift @ 6K RPM's up or down.
Also found a new way to wave to the MB SLK's behind me, just raise and lower the spoiler manually.
Fun ride.
tjinaz