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Originally Posted by Dark Sarcasm i tried this 6th to 3rd downshift after reading this thread. There was a little lag the few times I tried it, but it seemed

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Old 05-23-2011, 11:08 AM   #31 (permalink)
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i tried this 6th to 3rd downshift after reading this thread. There was a little lag the few times I tried it, but it seemed the important thing was to let the trans shift completly before flooring it. I felt like the trans downshifted just as quickly as I could have downshifted in a manual.
Makes sense. I haven't been on the highway to try to look at my own timing the past few days. The 7AT does a downshift rev-matching thing anyways, it could be that stepping on it too early interferes with that process.
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