Thoughts on sequential shifting in automatics?

I liked it when I was 17 and had never driven a manual car, now I just can't enjoy it. I tried it in my work van and my mom's car and it's just not fun

>>28493308 (OP)
Engine braking mostly
Overtaking in power-deficient cars or in turbo-laggers

Having to push forward to upshift and backward to downshift sucks once you've driven a car that has them reversed. Pushing back to upshift feels more correct because you're pushing in the same direction as the G forces you're feeling

>>28493323
>engine braking
This is what I use it for, pretty much whenever I'm getting off the highway. Work truck.

>>28493323
>Engine braking
>with a fluid torque converter
LOL
LMAO, even.

>>28493462
better than nothing

>>28493462
Are you retarded?

Nobody has ever used this feature except during the test drive at the dealership when the salesman points it out

>>28493936
the salesman doesn't even know what it is

>>28493462
yeah? it works

>>28493308 (OP)
Gives engine braking and the torque converter works kind of like a clutch if you abuse it.
Good for commuting.

>>28494590
>the torque converter works kind of like a clutch
It does have something like a clutch in it.

It's not ideal, but better than not having it. I almost always drive autos in semi-auto because it's less boring.
Specifically on 10 yo Smart cars you have to drive a certain way in semiauto (lift the throttle slowly before shifting), the cars buck and lurch when they shift normally in drive and if you lift it doesn't shift.