redrider
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Does the auto 8 speed behave like a manual when in automatic mode? By this I mean does it assist with slowing by downshifting when the engine is cruising at say 2500 rpm and the skinny is released or do the downshifts occur only when the rpm gets close to idle? I ask because my F150 has the learning mode auto that does anything but. It will not assist slowing and you can watch the tach drop to idle, 700ish, at about 1100 rpm. Downshifts occur with a very slight bump in idle speed indicated. While this may be normal behavior, it is not what I would deem an assist. Compare this to a manual that can be downshifted to slow at any rpm and you undertand my question. It is very annoying to be slowing with brakes, then back on the gas because the light changed and have the thing lurch and buck while downshifting from OD to second when I would have already been in the appropriate gear with a manual. Proactive vs reactive. Cheers.
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