Astra J Sports Tourer from SYD Australia

[sanj424]

I was wondering if the transmission could be tuned. My car is completely standard. 
The only issue I have with the auto gearbox is when I'm driving along, it's in 6th gear and I put the foot down to overtake something.
The gearbox often jumps down two gears rather than one, feels like it's over-revving, and has missed the optimum torque available in the next gear up.
But maybe I'm just being picky... I could use the manual shift.
I was previously a VW driver but needed an auto gearbox for my wife. I was put off the DSG box by the reliability issues I'd read about on line.

Which motor do you have? The transmission could be tuned, but I don't think it can iron out those behaviours, it can only probably make things slightly quicker to react and remove the limiter (I can get up to 7200 rpm now - not that I want to as it gets trashy up there and no real power gain  but at least no hard power cut off). 

I have learned to adapt to cars behaviour and work on its strengths rather than its shortcomings. I do use the manual shift on the motorway for overtakes and hilly twisty roads for better control. But mostly, I learned to modulate my right foot to prompt up and down shifts.