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Marcus is right about the auto vs manual thing, but personally I don't think the new auto trans is all that good. It seems good, because the old one was so bad. The new trans has a better ratio spread, it's good at holding lower gears on hills, and it works well off road...but that's about it. It is terrible in rolling hills and on the highway. You come up on an incline or need to speed up...give it throttle and it starts moaning like a camel in its death throes, refusing to downshift. More throttle...more moaning...so you stab it enough to force a downshift, and it shifts abruptly and you now have too much throttle. So you back off, it upshifts again, goes dumb, camel death moans....and you're back where you started. Guess I'm used to BMW and Audi transmissions that actually work like they are supposed to and have some semblence of good programming. I've recalibrated with the ProCal to my setup several times, to no avail. It just isn't very good.

In fact I hate the auto enough that it is one of the primary reasons I'm getting rid of my '12 auto and ordering a '14 manual. But, I digress. If you're going with an auto go for a 12+.

 

[BADGER]

I have only seen this issue when taking it out of drive and not only on steep hills. It is a real concern though. I would hate to be on black bear, switch to reverse, hit the gas, and roll forward...

Just reading that the thought alone is enough to make my azz take a bite out of my office chair. Black bear is hairy enough without having to worry about that kind of chit.