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Originally Posted by SuperSound
No it affects the paddles too. You are not actually in control of either of these transmissions in any mode. The TCU is and it only allows what is has been programmed too. I know I was shocked driving that Charger because I expected it to behave like the A8 in mine. I wonder if pulling the battery terminals would have made it reset.
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My Challenger doesn't behave that way. The adaptives affect when the shifts occur and to some extent how firm they are. You can see the change if you have to drive slow in traffic for a while versus when you are doing spirited driving. But in a year and a half, I've never seen a change in manual mode: the paddles always change the gears nearly instantly and the shift firmness is only determined by the transmission mode (street, sport, or track). And in Track mode, it seems to max everything out, shifting as fast as possible regardless of throttle position. Maybe the Charger programming differs some from the Challenger. Or the SRT behaves differently. Who knows. But mine does exactly what you tell it in manual mode, when you tell it, so I'd say you are in control. Except maybe for the one override: "shift not allowed" when the shift would cause an above-redline condition.
Mike