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Originally Posted by Gecko
^This. Asking a computer to consider transmission gear ratios + engine outputs + elevation changes + keeping a consistent speed = never going to feel "natural" because it's programmed to keep a consistent speed first and will upshift/downshift as needed to do that, and it often feels quite haphazard. Even on vehicles with 6-, 8- and 10-speed transmissions, this has been my experience.
With that said, the tall gearing and slow downshifts of the 5AT exacerbate the issue, but yeah.
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So maybe the vehicle reacting to a 1 MPH decrease in speed seems sudden and unnecessary to a driver who only stabs the gas after he:
1.) notices decel, usually > 1 MPH
2.) reacts, pressing pedal
3.) vehicle reacts, downshifting
It’s an awkward operator experience for the same reasons people only get carsick as passengers, never as the driver. Anything happening feels “wrong” when it’s not operator-commanded. That’s my theory (or yours, that I’ll adopt)
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