Just drove my 04 around the Great Smokey Mountains in North Carolina and Tennessee. With the autostic it was very easy going down 9% grades without ever using the brakes. While most other vehicles were stinking up the place with overheated brakes, the Pacifica came through like a champ.

 

i travel the same mountains every year with my 04 PAC awd but it is a little under powerd the autostick is great

 

That is where the autostick feature shines. I use mine while driving in the canadian rockys. Other then mtn. driving,I think the autostick feature is pretty useless.