Not trying to argue the point but, this is an educated group. The users here are very knowledgeable and it shows, So, why not recognize the DTC for what it is. A manual trans that automatically or electronically shifts itself? Its not a manual nor is it an automatic
Wait till 2021. When they are cranking them out at all you can eat numbers the ADMs will come down. This first year is just hype and "gotta have it".
..unless you live in California . They’re still marking up ‘19 non-Rs. Hence I bought my ‘18 from the Midwest and shipped it over.
My Ford DCT will obey manual gear choices and related changes. Worse case it takes longer to shift to a not predicted next gear. That's the same as it would be when being run in fully automatic mode - it will preselect a gear in waiting no matter what mode it is in. If you manually select that same gear that it predicted then its very fast shifting - if you did something it did not anticipate (which is more likely in traffic stop go or sudden lane change acceleration needs) it will take a bit longer as it reselects the gear you ask for that had not been queued up and changes to it. It tries to be predictive but its not a mind reader especially again in stop & go when its making choices based on an assumption like you want the highest gear asap for mileage and were just coasting rather than forced to coast while looking for an opportunity to jump on it & change lanes (even in auto mode I manually force a down shift for that case). When I run in manual mode, which again will do as told, my mileage drops from meh to pathetic but its a helluva lot more fun and you get engine braking for example.