This may have been addressed before but I thought I'd offer/ask comments/observations/questions:
It seems the Edge/MKX transmission is "adaptive" insofar as it acts like it learns a driving style. Especially so when descending a hill or slowing down.
When the OD is turned off, tapping the brake pedal causes the trans to shift down, controlling (more or less) the rate of deceleration. In lieu of being able to manually select transmission gears, this is, for me, a nice capability. Is this a "Hill descent" feature?
Also, as the engine is not large by any definition and has marginal low-end torque (the old Cubes=Torque ploy), the engine/trans combo gets very busy when driving country roads. Especially so when using cruise control. Although it made no real difference when I 1st got the car last week, I found that, after only 500 miles of driving it, if I manually/gently use the accelerator, the engine won't down-shift nearly as much when ascending fairly gentle grades. Has the transmission learned my driving style here?
Am I imagining all this or is the trans really adaptive (like the Allison 6 speed in my MH)?
Regardless, I am well-pleased with this new acquisition and actually like it better than the 2004 Navigator I traded in for it at nearly a wash.
