I've read through this whole thread and sifted out the BS :grin:
There is confusion here between resetting the adaptive THROTTLE position and the TRANSMISSION changes.
The transmission adapts to your driving style and apparently cannot be manually reset - you're driving style will adapt automatically. What can be reset by the method described in the first post is the THROTTLE position. The throttle pedal is a potentiometer (2 in fact, one is a backup). That potentiometer "reads" how you drive the vehicle and adapts the position from zero throttle (zero%) to full throttle (100%) accordingly.
If you drive like Miss Daisy or always in slow moving city traffic then the throttle adapts to full throttle at 100% on the carpet. If you drive "spiritedly" then the throttle adapts to giving you 100% at around 70% of pedal movement.
What you do when readapting with the ignition key trick is bringing it back to the more aggressive adaptation (zero - 100% in 70% movement)
If you always drive in foot mashing mode then a re-adapt will do very little, if you drive a lot in city traffic and re-adapt then you will feel the difference. The auto trans will then automatically re-adapt itself to suit the new throttle values.
This THROTTLE re-adapt therefore should work with manual trans cars also
End of sermon....................0