can you put it in 3rd and start from a stop on ice? Can you lock it in 2nd or 3rd and lug it down to keep going up a hill in snow without a downshift? Will it allow you to rev to redline and hold if in above situation you find that full bore wide open is all that works and you cant stop or shift without getting stuck. If it will do all of those thats pretty cool. All the above is extreme but are real issues one will find. For normal everyday use any tranny will do, and an auto has some big appeal for many uses. I havent seen an auto that will allow that kind of abuse except an old style with a full manual valvebody. But I dont drive many of the latest vehicles.
The Ford 6spd in the Superduty's will do all of what you described above in Manual mode.
