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Originally Posted by mort
My 20 year old Volvo with only 4 gears in the automatic has a shifter position that allows the driver to hold any gear and up or down shift whenever they please. I'm sure most modern automatics have that feature, often as paddles.
-mort
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This brings up an important point. How much control does an automatic give you? Some do let you limit to a certain gear, but not select it. Some give arbitrary "L" selections that could still be one of various gears that the transmission control unit still decides. And a few, not "most," that do let you hold a particular gear.
Most automatics that I've seen seem to cater to drivers who don't have much of a clue of what the transmission even does and have very few shifting options, or options like "Sport" and "Eco".