Yes when I take my foot off the gas pedal, I feel the car slow. As I slow, whether I use the brake or not, when the car in in full automatic mode, I also feel the car downshift through the gears and it feels as if I where downshifting a stick... each automatic downshift I see the RPM rise accordingly just as a stick shift would raise the rpm during a downshift.

So the forum consensus is that what I am experiencing is normal for this type of tranny?