Car talk!

[topspeed]

But how did you manage that? Down-shift way too early? (I'd imagine it had some kind of over-rev limit), or were you stuck in a certain gear & stalled?

I approched the onramp at maybe 70mph, flicked the left paddle three times for a triple downshift to 3rd and got nothing but a flashing "3" on the shift indicator and zero motive force. It engaged the clutch but didn't shift to 5th, didn't shift to 4th, didn't do a damn thing but leave me hanging. When it finally engaged at the top of the ramp, I was in 2nd gear at maybe 6000rpm. I tried to upshift to 3rd but it skipped right into 4th and about 2500rpm. From that point forward, 3rd gear was but a memory. For all I knew, Rich was right and it's somewhere on the side of that onramp!

Hmm.. well if you had a manual, you wouldn't have had those problems

Indeed. This is the last paddle shifter I will ever own.

Number one, it's easy to blame kids; number two, Plano cops are jerks; number three, the sun was in my eyes; number four, there was a hole in my glove; number five... "I never do anything wrong!"

Valentine One is your friend, Rich. Find it. Buy it. Love it.