I have the CVT but love using the paddles and revving it up to 5500-6500 between shifting, it sounds fantastic with my resonator and improves the acceleration over just mashing the pedal in auto mode. Engine keeps the RPM's up when shifting in that range so you don't drop out of the power band (if that's what it's called). Can't wait to receive my light weight pulley set and then a tune to get some more torque out of the lower end of the rpm range.