Automatic Mode question after downshift
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The driver modes won't effect whether or not the DCT upshifts at redline. Using the M button on the console puts the DCT in permanent manual mode and it will bounce off the rev limiter. However using the paddles puts it in temporary manual mode. In temporary manual mode it is supposed to automatically upshift at redline.
"The C8 has two manual modes. If you pull a paddle while in Drive, you get a temporary manual mode, which automatically times out, or can be exited sooner by holding the upshift paddle. In this mode, the car will automatically upshift at redline. If you press the M button in the center console, you get full manual mode. There's no time out, and the car won't upshift at redline."
https://www.roadandtrack.com/new-car...pecs-analysis/
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"The C8 has two manual modes. If you pull a paddle while in Drive, you get a temporary manual mode, which automatically times out, or can be exited sooner by holding the upshift paddle. In this mode, the car will automatically upshift at redline. If you press the M button in the center console, you get full manual mode. There's no time out, and the car won't upshift at redline."
https://www.roadandtrack.com/new-car...pecs-analysis/
Maybe your dream wasn't real.
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Yes - it is if pushing the pedal to the floor is equivalent to "redline". That actual wording is "When in Temporary Manual Paddle Shift mode, the transmission will automatically upshift if the accelerator pedal is pressed all the way to the floor." If you are in first or second gear, must you have the pedal fully depressed to reach redline? It might even shift before full redline.
It does say this - and this statement is not limited to Temporary Manual Mode: "At maximum engine speed (rpm), auto-shifts will occur after a specified time period to protect the engine," but this will not be right away and would not appear to be relevant to the drag race dream context.
It does say this - and this statement is not limited to Temporary Manual Mode: "At maximum engine speed (rpm), auto-shifts will occur after a specified time period to protect the engine," but this will not be right away and would not appear to be relevant to the drag race dream context.
