It may be true (about late shifting) IF you press acceleration pedal at the same level all the time. Then yes, harder pressure will shift switching in later timing but low pressure would not get good increase within the same gear.dandywarhol wrote:by manually shifting you can choose when to change up using the HOLD button. IMO the gearbox shifts up too late in D - well out of the max torque band, by manually shifting around 2500/3000 revs the van accelerates faster.
How to get best in combination from these two profiles?? Easy! Play "manually" with acceleration pedal by pressing it hard almostly after switching (but not too early for not letting it falling back to down gear) then when you get enough speed for higher band, drop off the pressure (but not to zero, otherwise that internal switch will detect you're "braking").
The approach is purely manual and possibly gives the same result as manual shifting in the right time but I prefer to control the whole acceleration profile by only my right leg, in fact it's never stable when I move on and get to the normal speed.
Ah yeah, one more thing to remember: too strong pressure to the pedal at zero speed oftenly gets wheel slipping, thus not getting you first off from those damn traffic lights, so moderate application is needed untill at least some (very small) speed is reached before the full throttle.