Automatic- start off in D2?

kenforst
Sun, 16 Oct 2011 18:53:17 +0000
Maintenance/Repairs

I am a good, safe, severely-financially-challenged driver who is also a dummy about cars. My '95 S-10’s auto trans is probably going bad: very slow in first, but then behaves semi-normally without lead-footing it, within less than 100 feet of driving distance. (Trans fluid is OK). My questions: 1.) Can I prolong my operation of this vehicle by starting out in a higher gear and then shifting to regular drive in that distance? 1a.) That is, am I fooling the S-10 into skipping that traitorous first gear? B.) Why didn’t I take Auto Shop in high school instead of all those Art classes?

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