Shifting (A/T)

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hrm, ok, I guess I was talking out of my ass...however, just your saying you have done it for 15 years doesn't make me belive in the slightest that it isn't hard on automatic transmissions, at least not untill you have proof contradicting my explanation.

The whole "it has never happened to me so it must not be a problem" argument doesn't make me belive that it isn't hard on automatic transmissions.

I suggest you go talk to some gentamen that work at transmission repair shops and get their opinions on this, and maybe I will find that the people I have talked to and what I have personally experienced are completely wrong or coincedental.

EDIT: and supposing that I am wrong, and that the feeling of control you are experiencing is actually the improvement you speak of, it all goes back to the original question, why did you buy a auto in the first place? If the control is so much better, then why buy a auto to begin with? I still dont belive it helps cornering. I have never seen any professional driver that were cornering for speed manually downshift a auto trans, again, this is just what I have seen.