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Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2005 00:07:39 GMT
From: ShazWozza <shaz_wozzanospamentspring.com>
Subject: Re: cold start lag in first gear



gw wrote:

> 
> I don't know if this explains your situation, but the NG900 automatic
> transmission will delay the shift from first to second gear after a cold
> start. This is supposedly to speed catalyst heating for emissons. It is
> mentioned in the owner's manual. Our 97 does this, and it can be quite
> annoying, especially when it drops hard into second gear.

That used to annoy me too. It is easy to defeat it by pushing the
"snowflake" button at around the time you would like it to shift up - which
drops it into 2nd nice and gently.
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