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Originally Posted by Ghostvette
...While downshifting a 7AT might sound cool, it seems to me to be kind of hazardous to the engine. Pick the wrong one and engine goes boom.  ... |
Ummm...no. TCM won't allow you to over-rev the engine.
It's not any more wrong to downshift a 7AT than it is to downshift a 6MT. But, generally speaking, I wouldn't downshift a 7AT to first (just like, generally speaking, I wouldn't downshift any MT into first) while the car is moving. Not to mention that the 7AT does a pretty good job of deciding on its own when to downshift.