Re: 6 speeds automatic trans.

Joe Brown wrote:
> Our new 2008 T/C van has a automatic with 6 speeds.   Why would a person

> ****ft it manually?


Same reason you'd ****ft a 1969 3-speed automatic manually from time to 
time- in situations where you need more control.

Driving down a mountain road to utilize engine braking rather than wear 
out the brakes. Driving up a mountain road to minimize "hunting" between 
gears.  Holding it in a lower gear as you approach a freeway onramp so 
that you can jump in to traffic at maximum acceleration without waiting 
for the transmission to figure out that it needs to down****ft. Starting 
up on an icy road in 2nd gear so that you minimize wheelspin. Etc. etc. 
etc. etc.