jjsj38

If you are shifting your automatic transmission manually every now and then around town, will this damage the transmission? 2006 GT

callahan

No

W1ldcat

I have always done it in every auto I have had over the years with no problems.

doodad

why would you wanna shift in auto? put it on drive and drive the car..

05 Ricky

I argree unless you have a shift kit, it will still shift the same.

ren274u

sometimes you wanna keep it in gear for that snappy throttle response, seeing as you wont be in 5th

Wally39

I like downshifting with my automatic sometimes to slow the car down to a stop sign or light. The sound the exhaust makes is awesome when I do that. I make sure I'm not going too fast when I do it.

jjsj38

That is why i sometimes shift it manually to hold it in gear longer for the rumble. This is why i was asking the question. Thanks for the responses. First auto i've owned in many years and was not sure about damaging it with all the new ecm and pcm control modules today.

jjsj38

no,i disagree. If you shift manually even without a shift kit, the car still grabs differently than being in drive.

Stone

To answer

Intown
I put my car IN drive and it's in O/D at 30 mph with normal throttle.

WOT
I put car IN drive and floor it and it will shift at about 5800 rpms which is perfect.

Manual
I put car in 1st and I choose at what rpm's I shift at without having to be at WOT and down shifting sounds so nice Rap Rap Rap rumble rumble Smile.
This also lets you get rid of the horible auto/lag at town speeds makes it feel really snappy.