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					Originally Posted by  Sliver
					 
				 
				For shifting up - unless you have a dual clutch that can make your shifts super fast - they're useless. I do use mine daily for downshifting, though. Like to not ride the brakes down a hill, or just to kind of shed some speed. 
			
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My Mazda 5 could use manual shift mode. I would use it in the winter to downshift when it was ice and I was approaching an intersection. Also on the westside hill (I'm in Lethbridge), for both bad weather and to control speed without riding breaks.