Gears may help a little... shift points are shift points... so it just means it's going to do what its currently doing but at a slightly lower speed. Which... in the end may be what you need. Mine seems to be much better than it use to... may have some to do w/the gears and maybe some to do w/the computer learning my driving style. When mine drops down and feels like it is lugging, I just put a little more pressure on the pedal (not much), leave it for a couple seconds and it shifts back to where I need it... I think before, I really had to put my foot in it quite a bit to get it to shift back down.