Well I have a correction to my previous post about the loaner. The larger wheels on an LT I thought was a sure identifier of the 2.0t under the hood. When I mashed it this morning while merging onto a 4-lane highway to get to work, I thought something had to be amiss. Sure enough, it is a 1.5t with the bigger alloys. My fault for not scouring the build & price site thoroughly. Also, a lack of "2.0t" emblem on the liftgate should have been a clue.
Secondly, while my truck was in the dealership's possession, a door ding "appeared" in the driver's door. Somebody there "discovered" it and called in their PDR guy to fix it. He did a crappy job, PLUS... they drilled a hole in my door to gain access for the PDR tools WITHOUT MY PERMISSION, they only called me AFTER THE FACT. So now my door is permanently marked as having PDR work done on it because of the access hole, so EVEN IF I demand that they pay to have conventional bodywork done... I'm screwed!
Service advisor asked me to call him tomorrow, since I picked up my truck after hours, and tell him what I want to do. I am pissed... because it happened, because their guy did a crappy job, but especially because they drilled my door!
Transmission seems to be acting better at least, but more miles will be needed to give a final judgment.