[Ludercrz]

Bums me out that it won't hold a gear when coming up to redline even in 'manual' mode.

unfortunately they do that in Every automatic car with a "sport-tronic" like shifting interface. They assume you forgot you had it in sport shift mode and up shift for you when you approach redline too rapidly.

what I hate the most is the 0.5 to 1sec it takes after you press the up shift for it to actually change gear sometimes.

which is why I buy my cars Manual. i can't stand not being in control when I need it.