If it did, do you think they'd still put it in the car? Or not put a warning about it in the manual? When you use the L>2 etc shift points you aren't actually changing gears, just limiting which gears the gearbox can select. L means the box stays in first, 2 allows first and second gear etc etc. It's the same as overdrive, which just locks out/allows top gear to be selected. yay this is awsome news i can now have more fun while driving. auto gets boring lol... true.. auto can get boring... :D so yeh... now u can start using manual auto method LOL