Thread: Paddle Shifting Causes Premature Transmission Wear?
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      02-06-2013, 07:58 PM   #17
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Originally Posted by mxchris727 View Post
Downshifting will wear the transmission twice as fast. The clutches have to slip twice as much.
Automatics don't have clutches. The have torque converters.
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