6MT vs 7AT and the Track/Auto X

kannibul

Again, have you driven it?

And, yes it is different. Once you put a honda in D, it'll downshift if you mash the gas, and shift early...

Not so with the Z's 7AT. You put it in manual mode, it'll stay in that gear come hell or high water....with the ONLY exception being that the RPM drops low enough that the engine could stall.

And, regarding the torque converter - it locks early and it locks hard. You can engine brake with it. When is the last time you could do that with an automatic...seriously engine brake...I'm not talking about dropping it in a lower gear and having it wind up a little. I mean 10-20 seconds of straight engine braking from highway speeds on down without touching the brakes, downshifting from 7th, to 5th, to 4th, to 3rd, to 2nd and watching your RPM guage go smoothly from 6K on down, with no "drop" due to the TC going limp...and know that you can hit that throttle and bust the ***-end loose at any time from 3rd or lower?