Good day, ladies and gents:
My next question, concerns press reviews and a smattering of messages on this board about how the Traverse is "reluctant to downshift."
I understand why -- the 6-spd auto is tuned for economy, etc.
But here's my two questions, actually:
1. Does anyone find this a serious problem when trying to merge into fast-moving traffice? (Here in the NYC area, the on-ramps are notoriously short. You gotta get your car's butt outta there at speed a lot faster than say in Kansas City (no knock on KC -- I grew up there).
2. I also read the shifter has some form of manual override? (My current car is a stick -- which is all I've ever owned, so am not familiar with automatic/manual combo.)
But how come reviewers and posters don't say, "well, just hit the downshift manually to compensate/accelerate" when the lag occurs?
What am I overlooking here?
Thanks
My next question, concerns press reviews and a smattering of messages on this board about how the Traverse is "reluctant to downshift."
I understand why -- the 6-spd auto is tuned for economy, etc.
But here's my two questions, actually:
1. Does anyone find this a serious problem when trying to merge into fast-moving traffice? (Here in the NYC area, the on-ramps are notoriously short. You gotta get your car's butt outta there at speed a lot faster than say in Kansas City (no knock on KC -- I grew up there).
2. I also read the shifter has some form of manual override? (My current car is a stick -- which is all I've ever owned, so am not familiar with automatic/manual combo.)
But how come reviewers and posters don't say, "well, just hit the downshift manually to compensate/accelerate" when the lag occurs?
What am I overlooking here?
Thanks