I agree that it is a must have feature on most cars. My other 2 cars have it and I use it all the time on them and swore it would be a must have feature. But on my current CS, i don't even ever drive in D mode. I'm always in manual mode, running up and down the gears, having fun, and even enjoy it in traffic. I don't know if it's the car, but I just want to drive the car non stop and don't ever see when I would turn it on. I've put on 17k miles on it since April when I took over the lease (it's basically car crack for me, lol) and tend to go for coffee runs or salads to other states at this point which results in a 300 mile trips usually. Then when I get back, I need to fill her up again and gas in Indiana is way cheaper, so naturally, I'll go there for fill ups.