Shifting Auto Transmissions

["Clough, Sam" <SClough@irps.atl.invesco.com>]

Does it hurt to shift an automatic transmission "manually?"  Our 95 A6Q has
a slushbox, at my wife's request, as it is mostly her daily driver.  My
daily driver is a manual and I enjoy shifting.  I very rarely shift the A6Q
manually mostly because  I have a fear of downshifting an automatic through
the gears I guess because I can't match revs with an auto like you can with
a stick and so you kinda get a jolt if you're spinning a lot of RPMs when
you shift it down.  In GA we have a fair number of curvy roads.  Even
driving at moderate speeds, the auto can get annoying because you go through
a corner in 3rd, accelerate a little, let off the gas for the next corner,
then the car goes up to 4th.  Of course, now you need 3rd as soon as you're
in the next corner.  Obviously I like to change the gearbox from D down to
3rd to get that downshift before the corner.  So, the question is, before I
develop this habit, does any manual shifting hurt an slushbox?  I really
don't want to repair one any time soon.

Samuel W. Clough
Invesco Retirement Plan Services
404-575-3571