lzwhb2 said:
What do you mean by manually downshifting to 5th? Are you using L and the button to do this or pressing on the pedal?
Doing it with your foot vs. how it reacts in cruise can offer a different perception too.
I use L and push the shift button. When I do this, I only feel one transmission event and the engine RPM increases only one step. If I allow the Enclave to take care of the hill on its own, I feel two transmission events with the engine RPM increasing more initially and then falling back I believe to where it would be had I down shifted manually.
It's been a couple of weeks from when I was last cruising on the interstate. I need to hit the road and repeat all of this and note speed, events, and RPM exactly so I do not lead anyone astray here. But on this extended trip, 1,200 miles to MN and back, I thought what I was accomplishing was avoiding a two gear down shift to 4th. Now I understand that is not what was taking place, but the reaction of the transmission was definitely different if I initiated a down shift while beginning to climb a hill.
Thank you very much for helping me to understand and get use to the characteristics of this transmission. I"m not terribly displeased with how the transmission operates on it's own at all. It works fine. I'm really looking more for perfection rather than a solution to what I would call a real problem.