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Sedans Chevrolet Malibu Chevrolet Malibu -/+ - not true tap up/down?
9 messages, Last post on Jun 27, 2007 at 1:21 PM
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hi, all i have a question related the L mode and +/- controls on 05 LS. It's been mentioned somewhere that this is not a 'true tap up/tap down' type of control. i know what it does in bu and use it actually to force lower gears on some ramps and curvy descents. so, what is true tap up/tap down? is it about control layouts or there's more?
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Replying to: yury (Jun 03, 2007 6:38 pm)
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Replying to: prdm (Jun 04, 2007 9:20 am) btw, i find it's not that bad, i guess steering wheel controls will be better, but even on the lever is fine, after all that where your shfiter is on standart tranny cars  so...if that's the only difference i think it can happily act as a manumatic. just stick it to L and have access to manually controlled range all the way up to overdrive.
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Replying to: yury (Jun 04, 2007 9:45 am)
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Replying to: prdm (Jun 04, 2007 11:17 am) i am talking about 05 LS. 06 LT is the same, i drove it too. as a matter of fact once you put it in L it goes into 3rd, which is handy on high speed ramps. then i can tap it down all the way to 1st or up to 4th.
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Replying to: yury (Jun 04, 2007 11:52 am)
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Replying to: prdm (Jun 05, 2007 8:09 am) you don't even have to drive it, just shift to L and play with +/- buttons
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Replying to: yury (Jun 05, 2007 8:24 am)
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Replying to: tiger0810 (Jun 27, 2007 12:57 pm) i have always been under impression is that what is referred to as "manumatic", "sport shift", "tipronic", "auto with manual mode" is no more than a shift range limiter, where the true "manual" action if forcing it down to a lower gear while being in a higher gear. upshifts are done automatilally up to the selected gear. I kinda suspect that while the core piece is a hydraulic auto transmision you can't really implement manual upshift control...because it's not fully computer controled, the way it would be in, say, double clutch transmissions. But i am no expert by any means....that's why i opened this topic so i can be proven wrong
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