I guess stepping on the gas until it kicks down is bad too. :hammer:
Ask them, why isn't flooring the gas pedal until it kicks down considered "bad" but manual downshifting to get the motor into its sweet spot is?
I want to hear their reasoning. The load (stress) is at the highest when the motor is outside of it's sweet spot (struggling in low rpms) and also vulnerable to ping/detonation. You invoking a manual downshift into the sweet spot actually reduces the stress on the drivetrain components. The transmission should be engineered to accept manual downshifts without any issue. It's the dumb things that will kill it (brake stands, revving in neutral then dropping into gear, etc).
Ask them, why isn't flooring the gas pedal until it kicks down considered "bad" but manual downshifting to get the motor into its sweet spot is?
I want to hear their reasoning. The load (stress) is at the highest when the motor is outside of it's sweet spot (struggling in low rpms) and also vulnerable to ping/detonation. You invoking a manual downshift into the sweet spot actually reduces the stress on the drivetrain components. The transmission should be engineered to accept manual downshifts without any issue. It's the dumb things that will kill it (brake stands, revving in neutral then dropping into gear, etc).