Kickdown or no Kickdown

Mechanic left the kick down off my torque flight...500 miles and a few yrs later (wasn't driving it much) the tranny was toast. You can get away with it for awhile...and in an emergency I'd do it, but I wouldn't do it very long and realize you're slowly hurting the tranny without it. My 2 cents learnt the hard way! Lol. Good luck