I was just thinking, how many of you manually downshift your autos to make better use of the engine braking. I have a 1988 GMC K1500 with the 350TBI and 4L60 that has been changed to a B&M Hammer shifter in the centre console. This is a ratchet shifter that selects one shift at a time. It is excellent when you are bouncing around on a rough dirt road etc. I have noticed in the pictures you all post that most of your trucks are still column change so that got me thinking is it common practice to downshift going into corners, coasting down steep grades etc or do you just let the auto do it's own thing and also whether being a column shifter is a factor in that? I would love to hear some feedback and also whether you have changed to floor shift for this reason.