in accordance with FirebaseD... my tranny doesn't leave its designated gear unless i up or down-shift EXCEPT when i am really winding 1st gear out... it will upshift to 2... if i don't like it at the point it automatically shifts, i slap it back down into 1st and it stays there obediently... never whining or laboring... she roars down the roadway... setting off the car alarms parked on the street...

i have owned several used porsches... '88 carrera, '74 914 & '67 912 and was able to sell them all at one point or another. I will not sell the crossfire... it'll be one of the family heirlooms for my unborn generations to come...LOL... yeah there are better performing cars than the X but when i am at a light with a quattroporte or a porsche or a VETTE aside me, the people on the street are looking at the X... making any other car just common to them! again for the $ this car is outstanding!