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I ran another test on an easy-to-access hill.
In 'sport' mode, I pulled the shift lever left and downshifted until engine speed was in the 4-5k RPM range. The transmission did not switch back to 'drive', and there was modest engine braking. It wasn't as much as I would like, but it was better than nothing.
I expect to point it down a taller/steeper hill later this week.
[As an aside, I find that shift lever to be counter-intuitive. I'm regularly shifting into Reverse instead of putting it into Park. And upshifting when I mean to be downshifting. I've driven automatics before (but never owned one in +40 years), and Park has always been "all the way forward", and lower gears have always been found pulling the lever backwards. I'm sure the Germans have a reason for doing the lever the way they have, but I expect it's gonna take me some time to get used to it.]
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