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Old 10-18-2011, 01:34 PM
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Default Re: Performance Trans Module Software Upgrade

Originally Posted by Speedriven
Some have asked why we didn't go the route of a manual mode trans module and our reasoning was that the people who are going to be interested in this upgrade are putting some serious power to the wheels and as such, and coupled with the fact that this upgrade causes the transmission to shift considerably more aggressively, if you take away the ability for one to subdue that power and aggressiveness during inlcament weather and road condition, you take away from the daily driver usability of the car. We feel that this is the best approach to offering this performance upgrade and our those that have tested it have felt the same and are very happy with how it performs.
This is confusing to me. Maybe it is because I don't own a XF yet.

You say you didn't go the route of a manual mode trans module, yet the posts in this thread speak to manually shifting the car and having harder/quicker shifts.

I am missing something here.

thx.